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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2011-05-18 16:35:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2011-05-18 16:35:00 +0000 |
| commit | c31f3915820b6d9f0feefb6488493617599129b4 (patch) | |
| tree | 794c23f2e2da11ade0fbaf601591d35bd9d5f6f5 /binutils/doc | |
| parent | 7f0c984f4d3fad034aefe604e6cadc5f07b60ec8 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-redhat-c31f3915820b6d9f0feefb6488493617599129b4.tar.gz | |
PR binutils/12753
* nm.c (filter_symbols): Treat unique symbols as global symbols.
* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Mention that some lowercase letters
actually indicate global symbols.
* lib/utils-lib.exp (run_dump_test): Allow nm as a program.
* binutils-all/nm.exp: Test running "nm -g" on an object file
containing a unique symbol.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index fb3948f4a9..64333cff79 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -724,7 +724,9 @@ hexadecimal by default. @item The symbol type. At least the following types are used; others are, as well, depending on the object file format. If lowercase, the symbol is -local; if uppercase, the symbol is global (external). +usually local; if uppercase, the symbol is global (external). There +are however a few lowercase symbols that are shown for special global +symbols (@code{u}, @code{v} and @code{w}). @c Some more detail on exactly what these symbol types are used for @c would be nice. |