[Patch] readelf -c dump archive index like nm -s

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Shen Feng,

> I sent the information to fsf-records@gnu.org. Is that right?

Yes, thank you for doing this.


>>   * The format of the output is not particularly pretty.

> Now readelf rarely sorts any symbols. Does the archive index need to be 
> sorted?

No, it was just a suggestion.

> Maybe a text processing command such as sort can do it. So the format maybe
> the same as you suggested, but without alpha sorted on object file and 
> symbol name. Do you think so?

Certainly.  I just felt that the original format for the output was untidy 
(even though it mimicked the format used by nm) and that by rearranging it 
slightly you could improve over nm.

Cheers
   Nick