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- Changes since binutils 2.4
-
- * Changed objdump -dr to dump the relocs interspersed with the assembly
- listing, for a more useful listing of relocateable files.
-
- * Changed objdump -d/--disassemble to only disassemble SEC_CODE sections.
- Added -D/--disassemble-all option to disassemble all sections.
-
- * Added --size-sort option to nm.
-
- * strip and objcopy should now be able to handle dynamically linked ELF
- executables.
-
- Changes since binutils 2.3
-
- * Support for HP-PA (by Jeff Law), i386 Mach (by David Mackenzie), RS/6000 and
- PowerPC (except ar and ranlib; by Ian Taylor).
-
- * Support for Irix 5.
-
- * Programs `strip' and `objcopy' will not attempt to write dynamically linked
- ELF output files, since BFD currently can't create them properly.
-
- Changes since binutils 2.2
-
- * A new --stabs argument has been added to objdump to dump stabs sections in
- ELF and COFF files.
-
- * A new program, nlmconv, has been added. It can convert object files into
- Novell NetWare Loadable Modules.
-
- * The strings program has been added.
-
- Changes since binutils 2.1
-
- * The 'copy' program has been renamed to 'objcopy', for consistency with
- 'objdump', and because 'copy' might more plausibly be used as a synonym for
- 'cp'.
-
- * The new stand-alone program c++filt is a filter that converts encoded
- (mangled) C++ assembly-level identifiers to user-level names. (Note: This
- may get moved to the gcc distribution.)
-
- * nm -o on an archive now prefixes each line with the archive name, matching
- the output from BSD nm.
-
- * ar (and ld) can now read (but not write) BSD4.4-style archives.
-
- * New support for H8500, Z8000, and the Hitach SH.
-
- * Dis-assembler interface changed to allow sharing with gdb.
-
- * There is new Elf code, but it is not yet ready for general use.
-
- * There is the beginnings of a test suite.
-
- Changes since binutils 2.0
-
- * There is now support for writing ECOFF files, so ld and the other utilities
- should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix. Please let us know how well this works.
-
- * ar now automatically creates a symbol table (a __.SYMDEF member, in the BSD
- version), if there are any object files in the archive. So running ranlib is
- now redundant (unless the non-standard q command is used). This is required
- for Posix.2 conformance.
-
- * The archive-reading code now reads both BSD-style and SYSV-style archives
- independently of the selected target format. This is to encourage people to
- switch to SYSV-format, which has a number of advantages.
-
- * The strip and copy programs now have options to remove debug-symbols only
- and/or local symbols only. They now also support long options.
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