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Re: RFC: Remove %A, %B and %L from error messages

From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
To: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:48:37 +1030
Subject: Re: RFC: Remove %A, %B and %L from error messages
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References: <871shli3cc.fsf@redhat.com> <20180217002658.GK3812@bubble.grove.modra.org>

On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 10:56:59AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> %A isn't so
> useful nowadays with groups being named ".group".

Not that it matters now since we've gone with %pA, but that statement
reflected binutils a very long time ago, so it isn't true.  We print
the group signature, not the name..

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

References:
- RFC: Remove %A, %B and %L from error messages
  - From: Nick Clifton
- Re: RFC: Remove %A, %B and %L from error messages
  - From: Alan Modra

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