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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-06-12 15:33:30 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-06-12 15:33:30 +0000
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* corefile.c (num_of_syms_in): New function - computes the number
of symbols in a given file. (core_create_syms_from): New function - populates a symbol table from the symbols found in a specified file. * corefile.h: Prototype core_create_syms_from. * gprof.c (long_options): Add --external-symbol-table. (usage): Mention it. (main): Initiailize external_symbol_table from --external-symbol-table option. If set use it. * gprof.texi: Document the new option. * NEWS: Mention new feature added to gprof.
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+* The gprof program has been given a new command line option:
+ --external-symbols-table=<filename> which reads in symbols from a specified
+ file.
* The plugin target has been added to bfd. It can load the same shared objects
used by gold and uses them to provide basic support for new file formats.