readelf truncates symbol names in relocation sections
Julian v. Bock
julian@OpenIT.DE
Wed Dec 19 02:48:00 GMT 2001
Hi
>>>>> "Nick" == Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com> writes:
>> readelf (binutils-2.11.90.0.31) truncates symbol names in
>> relocation sections to 25 characters. This makes the output
>> quite useless.
Nick> Actually this is deliberate. It is intended to help make
Nick> readelf's output more readable.
In that case the symbol names from other sections should be truncated
as well.
>> I have appended a patch that fixes this problem.
Nick> Sorry this patch is not acceptable as is. The old behaviour
Nick> needs to be retained somhow. Please consider either
Nick> creating a new command line switch to enable the display of
Nick> full length symbol names, or else attaching the ability to
Nick> the already existing --wide switch.
readelf (at least version 2.11.90.0.31) does not have a --wide switch.
I am going to add the switch and truncate symbol names consistently.
Julian
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