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- 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.
-