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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2008-03-28 06:49:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2008-03-28 06:49:44 +0000 |
| commit | f6e45b9aabae6ba77b87f6c6265d100c432a3cf6 (patch) | |
| tree | a7a4bd695843f78b79640fe23a588194d2f36b83 /binutils/NEWS | |
| parent | 663c7d7c7226a2b9cd41aa09a513894ee261e6a3 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-f6e45b9aabae6ba77b87f6c6265d100c432a3cf6.tar.gz | |
Add support for thin archives.
* bfd/archive.c (_bfd_find_nested_archive): New function.
(get_extended_arelt_filename): Add origin parameter.
(_bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag): Deal with extended name
combined with a file offset.
(append_relative_path): New function.
(_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Deal with external members and
nested archives.
(bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file): Thin archives.
(bfd_generic_archive_p): Recognize new magic string.
(adjust_relative_path): New function.
(_bfd_construct_extended_name_table): Construct extended
names for thin archive members.
(_bfd_write_archive_contents): Emit new magic string, skip
copying files for thin archives.
* bfd/bfd-in.h (bfd_is_thin_archive): New macro.
* bfd/bfd.c (struct bfd): New fields for thin archives.
* bfd/libbfd-in.h (struct areltdata): New field for thin archives.
* bfd/opncls.c (bfd_close): Delete BFDs for nested archives.
* binutils/ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
(map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
(usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
(replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
* binutils/arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
* binutils/binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
flattening nested archives.
(do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
(ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
* binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
(struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
* binutils/dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
* binutils/emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
parameter, currently unimplemented.
All callers changed.
* binutils/objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
* binutils/doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
* binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add thin archive tests.
* include/aout/ar.h (ARMAGT): New magic string for thin archives.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/NEWS')
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diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index a4d2433281..ab836decb3 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -*- text -*- +* Added support for "thin" archives which contain pathnames pointing to + object files rather than the files themselves and which contain a + flattened symbol index for all objects, and archives, which have been + added to the archive. + * Added -F switch to objdump to include file offsets in the disassembly. * Added -c switch to readelf to allow string dumps of archive symbol index. |