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Re: [PATCH] doc update of --size-sort in nm
- From: Elias Athanasopoulos <elathan at phys dot uoa dot gr>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 19:21:37 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc update of --size-sort in nm
- References: <20030221185142.C10750@neutrino.particles.org>
On Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 06:51:42PM +0200, Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This small patch regards to a modification we did before a few months
> in nm.
Ehm...
Regards,
Elias
21-02-2003 Elias Athanasopoulos <elathan at phys dot uoa dot gr>
* doc/binutils.texi (nm --size-sort): Update.
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RCS file: /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/binutils.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -bu -r1.1 /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
--- /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/binutils.texi 2003/02/21 16:55:56 1.1
+++ /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/binutils.texi 2003/02/21 16:59:18
@@ -871,7 +871,10 @@
@item --size-sort
Sort symbols by size. The size is computed as the difference between
the value of the symbol and the value of the symbol with the next higher
-value. The size of the symbol is printed, rather than the value.
+value. If the object is ELF the size is taken from the internal ELF
+structure. If the @code{bsd} output format is used the size of the symbol
+is printed, rather than the value, and @samp{-S} must be used in order
+both size and value to be printed.
@item -t @var{radix}
@itemx --radix= at var{radix}