objcopy --only-keep-debug and ELF program headers
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Fri May 11 11:06:00 GMT 2007
Hi Alan,
> This removes program headers entirely from ELF debug info files.
> I can't see that they're needed, and existing comments in objcopy.c
> tend to reinforce this. Furthermore, a quick hello world test shows
> gdb is happy. However, I'll wait for Nick to give the OK on this one
> since I haven't played much with separate debug info.
>
> PR 4479
> * objcopy.c (copy_object): Don't copy ELF program headers for
> --only-keep-debug.
You are right, the program headers are not needed. Please check in the
patch with my blessing.
Cheers
Nick
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