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Re: What have you done to strings!

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: Nicholas Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
Cc: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>, Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>, Andreas Schwab <schwab at linux-m68k dot org>, Russell Fulton <r dot fulton at auckland dot ac dot nz>, "binutils at sourceware dot org" <binutils at sourceware dot org>, "bugreg at galexander dot org >> Greg Alexander" <bugreg at galexander dot org>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:39:19 -0400
Subject: Re: What have you done to strings!
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On 30 Oct 2014 13:30, Nicholas Clifton wrote:
>   OK - what do you think of the attached patch ?  It does the following:
> 
>    * Makes -a be strings default behaviour.
> 
>    * Adds a new option to strings -d which restores the old
>      behaviour of only scanning data sections.
> 
>    * Provides a configure time option --disable-default-strings-all
>      which restores the old behaviour of strings scanning data
>      sections be default.
> 
>    * Updates the documentation to describe -d, plus why -a might be
>      preferred and how the - option works as well.
> 
>    * Adds a NEWS entry about all of the above.

sounds awesome.  thanks!
-mike

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References:
- What have you done to strings!
  - From: Russell Fulton
- Re: What have you done to strings!
  - From: Andreas Schwab
- Re: What have you done to strings!
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: What have you done to strings!
  - From: Andreas Schwab
- Re: What have you done to strings!
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: What have you done to strings!
  - From: Jeff Law
- Re: What have you done to strings!
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