[PATCH] gas: Extend .symver directive

[Andreas Schwab]

On Apr 07 2020, H.J. Lu via Binutils wrote:

> @@ -7112,9 +7112,9 @@ shared library.
>  
>  For ELF targets, the @code{.symver} directive can be used like this:
>  @smallexample
> -.symver @var{name}, @var{name2@@nodename}
> +.symver @var{name}, @var{name2@@nodename}[ ,@var{visibility}]
>  @end smallexample
> -If the symbol @var{name} is defined within the file
> +If the original symbol @var{name} is defined within the file
>  being assembled, the @code{.symver} directive effectively creates a symbol
>  alias with the name @var{name2@@nodename}, and in fact the main reason that we
>  just don't try and create a regular alias is that the @var{@@} character isn't
> @@ -7127,7 +7127,14 @@ function is being mentioned.  The @var{nodename} portion of the alias should be
>  the name of a node specified in the version script supplied to the linker when
>  building a shared library.  If you are attempting to override a versioned
>  symbol from a shared library, then @var{nodename} should correspond to the
> -nodename of the symbol you are trying to override.
> +nodename of the symbol you are trying to override.  The optional
                                                                    argument

> +@var{visibility} updates visibility of the original symbol.  The valid
                           the

> +visibilities are @code{local}, @code {hidden}, and @code {remove}.
> +@code{local} makes the original symbol a local symbol (@pxref{Local}).
> +@code{hidden} sets the visibility of the original symbol to
> +@code{hidden} (@pxref{Hidden}).  @code{remove} removes the original

A sentence should always start with a capitalized word, please reword.

Andreas.

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