[PATCH 1/6] ELF: Strip section header in ELF objects

[Alan Modra]

On Wed, May 31, 2023 at 10:15:58AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 6:38 PM Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 10:12:47AM -0700, H.J. Lu via Binutils wrote:
> > > +@item --strip-sections
> > > +Strip section header   This option is specific to ELF files.
> > > +Implies @option{--strip-all} and @option{--merge-notes}.
> >
> > Debug info is inaccessible without section headers, and also
> > non-dynamic relocs (ld --emit-relocs).  Should the section data be
> > removed too?  Perhaps all non-alloc sections?
> 
> According to objcopy manual:
> 
> ‘-S’
> ‘--strip-all’
>      Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file.
>      Also deletes debug sections.

Oh yes, so it does.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM