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Re: Using BFD to get debugging information from .elf files

Rick Mann <rmann@latencyzero.com> writes:

> Now, for questions that maybe would be answered if I thoroughly read
> the docs, so sorry in advance if that's the case:
> 
> Why does bfd_openr() not do this? Why does calling it with
> bfd_archive not set them? Are there typical uses of BFD that don't
> require these fields to be set?

BFD is not well-designed or even sane.  You can ask these questions,
but there are no useful answers we can give.

Ian
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