[PATCH] doc update of --size-sort in nm

Elias Athanasopoulos elathan@phys.uoa.gr
Fri Feb 21 16:52:00 GMT 2003


Hello!

This small patch regards to a modification we did before a few months
in nm.

Regards,
Elias

ChangeLog

21-02-2003  Elias Athanasopoulos  <elathan@phys.uoa.gr>

	* doc/nm.1 (--size-sort): Update.


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RCS file: /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/nm.1,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -bu -r1.1 /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/nm.1
--- /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/nm.1	2003/02/21 16:20:32	1.1
+++ /home/anteater/bucvs/src/binutils/doc/nm.1	2003/02/21 16:37:36
@@ -339,7 +339,10 @@
 .IX Item "size-sort"
 Sort symbols by size.  The size is computed as the difference between
 the value of the symbol and the value of the symbol with the next higher
-value.  The size of the symbol is printed, rather than the value.
+value.  If the object is ELF the size is taken from the internal ELF 
+structure.  If the \f(CW\*(C`bsd\*(C'\fR output format is used the size of 
+the symbol is printed, rather than the value, and \fB\-S\fR must be used in order 
+both size and value to be printed.
 .Ip "\fB\-t\fR \fIradix\fR" 4
 .IX Item "-t radix"
 .Ip "\fB\*(--radix=\fR\fIradix\fR" 4

	



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