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[binutils-gdb] Change the behaviour of the --only-keep-debug option to objcopy and strip so that the sh_link and sh_info fields in stripped section headers are preserved.

*** TEST RESULTS FOR COMMIT 63b9bbb7d7bcdcb6e0f59dd8da9615d80c537b8d ***

Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Branch: master
Commit: 63b9bbb7d7bcdcb6e0f59dd8da9615d80c537b8d

Change the behaviour of the --only-keep-debug option to objcopy and strip so that the sh_link and sh_info fields in stripped section headers are preserved.
bfd	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_copy_private_bfd_data): Copy the sh_link and
	sh_info fields of sections whose type has been changed to
	SHT_NOBITS.

bin	* doc/binutils.texi: Document that the --only-keep-debug option
	to strip and objcopy preserves the section headers of stripped
	sections.

tests	* binutils-all/objcopy.exp (keep_debug_symbols_and_check_links):
	New proc.  Checks that debug-info-only binaries retain the
	sh_link field in stripped sections.
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