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Re: [PATCH] elf: Report property change when merging properties
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 18:56:04 -0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] elf: Report property change when merging properties
- References: <20181122184835.25437-1-hjl.tools@gmail.com> <20181126001549.GS21617@bubble.grove.modra.org> <CAMe9rOq-x82Eo5J63WGkGpH6ots_6bQvv3U4e5L1Os5+uydyPg@mail.gmail.com> <2c601560-3b6e-1b40-5706-57a15566bc5a@redhat.com> <CAMe9rOqg73Risx1f4WQ6ZyWDSATQ2mjo-P1NGfVURM1WYc5M=g@mail.gmail.com> <CAJimCsFZPadaQOS8r5RfPjs75h7kmR=D_gFUc_1u96MPK7i7hQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 6:11 PM Cary Coutant <ccoutant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How about this?
> >
> > Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (not found)
>
> What will the message look like if other input files besides foo.o
Removed property 0xc0000002 to merge foo.o (0x1) and bar.o (0x20)
> also contain the property? Isn't the only relevant info here the name
> of the file that is missing the property?
>
It is target specific. A backend may decide to remove a property when
both inputs have the property.
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H.J.