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On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 4:35 AM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > >>> Merging property 0xc0000002 in foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (None): removed > >> > >> To me this is a confusing message. How about simply saying "Removed > >> property 0xc0000002 in foo.o (0x1)", and similarly for the other > > > This misses the crucial info that property 0xc0000002 is removed due to > > bar.o (None). > > Indeed - this was my motivation for requesting the patch in the first place. > > How about rewording the message as: > > Property 0xc00000002 (0x1) found in foo.o but removed from final link because it is not found in bar.o > > A little bit more wordy perhaps, but I think that it explains what is going > on in clearer language. > How about this? Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (not found) -- H.J.
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