xref: /netbsd-src/external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/binutils/ChangeLog-2006 (revision 75fd0b742a7e4a64301bc6c44e9bc5240c58bb92)

2006-12-25  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle EF_M68K_CPU32_FIDO_A.

2006-12-11  J"orn Rennecke  <joern.rennecke@arc.com>

	MAINTAINERS (SH): Remove my entry.

2006-12-11  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* configure.in: Define GENINSRC_NEVER.
	* doc/Makefile.am (MAINTAINERCLEANFILES): Add info file.
	(DISTCLEANFILES): Pretend to add info file.
	* po/Make-in (.po.gmo): Put gmo files in objdir.
	* configure, Makefile.in, doc/Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2006-12-07  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c: Update uses of EF_M68K_*.

2006-10-30  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>

	* objdump.c (disassemble_section): Set info->symtab_pos.
	(disassemble_data): Set info->symtab and info->symtab_size.

2006-10-29  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR binutils/3384
	* configure.in (AC_CHECK_HEADERS): Add limits.h and sys/param.h.
	* configure: Regenerated.
	* config.in: Likewise.

	* readelf.c: Include <limits.h> and <sys/param.h> for PATH_MAX.
	(program_interpreter): Allocate PATH_MAX bytes instead of 64.
	(process_program_headers): Don't assume that program interpreter
	is shorter than 64 characters.

2006-10-25  Trevor Smigiel  <Trevor_Smigiel@playstation.sony.com>
	    Yukishige Shibata  <shibata@rd.scei.sony.co.jp>
	    Nobuhisa Fujinami  <fnami@rd.scei.sony.co.jp>
	    Takeaki Fukuoka  <fukuoka@rd.scei.sony.co.jp>
	    Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* readelf.c: Add SPU support.
	* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-10-13  Robert Connolly  <robert@linuxfromscratch.org>

	PR binutils/2876
	* configure.in: Check for the mkstemp and mkdtemp functions.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* config.in (HAVE_MKDTEMP): New potential define.
	(MAKE_MKSTEMP): Likewise.
	* bucomm.c (make_tempname): Use mkstemp if it is available.
	(make_tempdir): New function: Create a temporary directory using
	mkdtemp, if it is available.
	* bucomm.h (make_tempdir): New prototype.
	* objcopy.c (copy_archive): Use make_tempdir if it is available.
	(strip_main): Produce an warning message if a temporary file could
	not be created.
	(copy_main): Likewise.
	* ar.c (write_archive): Likewise.

2006-10-10  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Don't dereference loc_offsets when
	there are no location lists.
	(display_debug_ranges): Similar for range_lists.

2006-10-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* readelf.c (debug_apply_rela_addends): Don't ignore relocation
	against symbols without type.

2006-09-25 Pedro Alves <pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt>

	* nlmconv.c (main) : Use LITMEMCPY.
	* prdbg.c (tg_class_static_member) : Use LITSTRCPY.

2006-09-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR binutils/3257
	* strings.c (main): Handle "-T format".

2006-09-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* MAINTAINERS: Add Mei Ligang as maintainer of the Score port.

2006-09-26  Thiemo Seufer  <ths@networkno.de>

	* configure.in: Remove broken changequote lines.

2006-09-20  Kai Tietz  <Kai.Tietz@onevision.com>

	* configure.in: Add new target x86_64-pc-mingw64.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* dlltool.c: Adjust include for this target.
	(DLLTOOL_MX86_64): Added macro to handle target specific code.
	(mname): Added default target static as "i386:x86-64".
	(MX86):	Added macro for target ident.
	(mtable): Added target specific definitions.
	(rvaafter): Add handling of MX86.
	(rvabefore): Add handling of MX86.
	(asmprefix): Add handling of MX86.

2006-09-17  Mei Ligang  <ligang@sunnorth.com.cn>

	* readelf.c: Add support for Score binaries.
	* Makefile.am: Update readelf's dependencies.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-09-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
	    Pedro Alves  <pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt>

	* ar.c: Make use of new STRING_COMMA_LEN and CONST_STRNEQ
	macros defined in bfd.h.
	* dlltool.c: Likewise.
	* emul_aix.c: Likewise.
	* nlmconv.c: Likewise.
	* objdump.c: Likewise.
	* prdbg.c: Likewise.
	* stabs.c: Likewise.
	* readelf.c (const_strneq): New macro.
	(process_section_headers, slurp_ia64_unwind_table,
	slurp_hppa_unwind_table, display_debug_section, process_notes,
	process_archive): Use the new macro.

2006-09-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR binutils/3181
	* objcopy.c (group_signature): Return proper group signature.

2006-09-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	PR 3181
	* objcopy.c (group_signature): New function, split out from..
	(setup_section): ..here.
	(is_strip_section): Return true for SHT_GROUP sections that are
	going to lose their group signature symbol.

2006-09-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	PR 3181
	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Load symbols earlier.
	(setup_section): Mark group signature symbols with BSF_KEEP.

2006-09-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/3110
	* objcopy.c (copy_archive): Add new parameter:
	force_output_target.  If not true, then perserve the file formats
	of each copied archive element, otherwise force them to be one
	specific file format.
	(copy_file): Compute force_output_target parameter to pass to
	copy_archive.

2006-09-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/3166
	* objcopy.c (is_strip_section): Do not treat group sections as
	debugging sections.
	* doc/binutils.texi (--only-keep-debug): Document that this switch
	is only intended for use on fully linked files.

2006-09-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/3146
	* readelf.c (dump_relocations): Check for a NULL value in rtype
	before using it.

2006-08-21  Pedro Alves  <pedro_alves@portugalmail.pt>

	* configure.in: Split arm-pe and arm-wince-pe. Build dlltool
	with -DDLLTOOL_ARM_WINCE for Windows CE case.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* dlltool.c: Add support for arm-wince.

2006-08-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/3039
	* wrstabs.c (stab_tag_type): Initialize 'size'.

2006-08-10  J"orn Rennecke  <joern.rennecke@st.com>

	PR binutils/3017
	* doc/Makefile.am: Use single quotes inside backquotes for
	date command while generating config.texi.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-08-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/2768
	* dwarf.c (display_debug_aranges): When the address size is
	greater than 4 display addresses and lengths as 16 hex digits,
	otherwise use 8 hex digits.

2006-08-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/3001
	* addr2line.c (process_file): Change function from void to
	returning an int.  Return 0 upon success, 1 otherwise.
	(main): Use return value from process_file as the exit value.
	* ar.c (ranlib_only):  Change function from void to returning an
	int.  Return 0 upon success, 1 otherwise.
	(ranlib_touch): Likewise.
	(main): Use return value from ranlib functions as exit value.
	* objcopy.c (add_specific_symbol): Set status to 1 if get_file_size
	fails.
	(copy_file): Likewise.
	(strip_main): Likewise.
	(copy_main): Likewise.
	* objdump.c (display_file): Set exit_status to 1 if get_file_size
	fails.
	* size.c (display_file): Set return_code to 1 if get_file_size
	fails.

2006-08-02  Thiemo Seufer  <ths@mips.com>
            Nigel Stephens  <nigel@mips.com>

	* readelf.c (dump_relocations): Handle MIPS-specific
	SHN_MIPS_SCOMMON and SHN_MIPS_SUNDEFINED.
	(get_symbol_index_type): Similarly.

2006-07-24  Ralk Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

	* doc/binutils.texinfo: Fix spelling mistakes.

2006-07-10  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* readelf.c (get_dynamic_type): Handle DT_GNU_HASH.
	(get_section_type_name): Handle SHT_GNU_HASH.
	(dynamic_info_DT_GNU_HASH): New variable.
	(process_dynamic_section): Handle DT_GNU_HASH.
	(process_symbol_table): Print also DT_GNU_HASH histogram.

2006-07-06  Mohammed Adnène Trojette  <adn@diwi.org>

	PR binutils/2879
	* doc/binutils.texi (Strings): Document -T shorthand for --target
	switch.
	* strings.c: Update comment to include -T option.

	PR binutils/2875
	* doc/binutils.texi (readelf): Fix spelling typo.

2006-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Catch a corrupt length field
	generating an end of block address that is beyond the end of the
	section.
	When encountering a corrupt CIE pointer do not reset the start
	pointer as more data still has to be read.
	Do not warn about user defined call frame instructions.

2006-06-29  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

	* readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add H8/300 support.

2006-06-23  Richard Sandiford  <richard@codesourcery.com>

	* objcopy.c (localize_hidden): New variable.
	(OPTION_LOCALIZE_HIDDEN): New command_line_switch value.
	(copy_options): Add --localize-hidden.
	(copy_usage): Mention --localize-hidden.
	(is_hidden_symbol): New function.
	(filter_symbols): Handle localize_hidden.
	(copy_object): Call filter_symbols if localize_hidden.
	(copy_main): Handle OPTION_LOCALIZE_HIDDEN.
	* doc/binutils.texi (--localize-hidden): Document new option.

2006-06-23  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* Makefile.am (ar_DEPENDENCIES, ranlib_DEPENDENCIES)
	(dlltool_DEPENDENCIES, windres_DEPENDENCIES): Remove @LEXLIB@.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-06-23  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* Makefile.am (*_DEPENDENCIES): Add missing dependencies.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-06-07  Joseph S. Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>

	* po/Make-in (pdf, ps): New dummy targets.

2006-06-05  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* po/Make-in (top_builddir): Define.

2006-06-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* config.in: Regenerate.

2006-06-02  Joseph S. Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>

	* doc/Makefile.am (TEXI2DVI): Define.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-05-31  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* Makefile.am: Replace INTLLIBS with LIBINTL everywhere.  Add
	DEPENDENCIES variables for every program.
	(INTLLIBS): Remove.
	(INCLUDES): Use @INCINTL@.
	* acinclude.m4: Include new gettext macros.
	* configure.in: Use ZW_GNU_GETTEXT_SISTER_DIR and AM_PO_SUBDIRS.
	Remove local code for po/Makefile.
	* Makefile.in, configure, doc/Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2006-05-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/es.po: Updated Spanish translation.

2006-05-25  J"orn Rennecke <joern.rennecke@st.com>

	* MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.

2006-05-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/fr.po: Updated French translation.

2006-05-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/vi.po: Updated Vietnamese translation.

2006-05-22  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* po/ru.po: Updated translation.

2006-05-19  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* doc/Makefile.am (addr2line.1): Depend on $(binutils_TEXINFOS).
	(ar.1): Likewise.
	(dlltool.1): Likewise.
	(nlmconv.1): Likewise.
	(nm.1): Likewise.
	(objcopy.1): Likewise.
	(objdump.1): Likewise.
	(ranlib.1): Likewise.
	(readelf.1): Likewise.
	(size.1): Likewise.
	(strings.1): Likewise.
	(strip.1): Likewise.
	(windres.1): Likewise.
	(cxxfilt.man): Likewise.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2006-05-17  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>

	* doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.

2006-05-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Don't return on ZERO
	terminator.

2006-05-02  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>

	* doc/Makefile.am (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): New.
	(TEXI2POD): Use AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS.
	(config.texi): Don't set top_srcdir.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Don't use top_srcdir.
	* aclocal.m4, Makefile.in, doc/Makefile.in: Regenerated.

2006-04-26  Julian Brown  <julian@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add VFPv3.

2006-04-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-04-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* configure: Regenerate.

2006-04-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR 2257
	* readelf.c (SECTION_NAME): Cope with a missing string table.
	(process_file_header): Cope with a corrupt e_shstrndx field.
	(process_section_headers): Correctly handle an e_shstrndx value of
	SHF_UNDEF.

2006-04-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* objdump.c (objdump_symbol_at_address): Fix typo in comment.

2006-04-10  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>

	* MAINTAINERS (CGEN Maintainers): Remove myself.

2006-04-06  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>

	* po/Make-in: Add install-html target.
	* Makefile.am: Add install-html and install-html-recursive targets.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* configure.in: AC_SUBST datarootdir, docdir and htmldir.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* doc/Makefile.am: Add install-html and install-html-am targets.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-04-05  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>

	* addr2line.c (long_options): Add new option 'section'.
	(usage): Document new -j/--section option.
	(find_offset_in_section): New function.
	(translate_addresses): Add 'section' parameter.
	If it is non-null, call find_offset_in_section on it.
	(process_file): Add 'section_name' parameter.
	If it is non-null, look for the section in the BFD object.
	Pass the section to translate_addresses.
	(main): Handle new -j option.
	Pass the section name to process_file.
	* doc/binutils.texi (addr2line): Document new -j/--section option.

2006-03-29  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>

	* resbin.c: Avoid duplicating constants in calls to reswr_alloc.

2006-03-20  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>

	* BRANCHES: Remove binutils-csl-arm-2006q1-branch.  Document
	binutils-csl-2_17-branch instead.

2006-03-20  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>

	* BRANCHES: Mention binutils-csl-arm-2006q1-branch.

2006-03-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	PR 2434
	* ieee.c (write_ieee_debugging_info): Adjust bfd_hash_table_init calls.
	* wrstabs.c (write_stabs_in_sections_debugging_info): Likewise.

2006-03-13  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>

	* bucomm.c (display_target_list): Make local variable `a' to be of
	type enum bfd_architecture.  Thus no need to cast enums to int.
	(display_info_table): Likewise.

2006-03-10  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (decode_ARM_machine_flags):  Handle EABIv5.

2006-03-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* dwarf.c (process_extended_line_op): Remove pointer_size param.
	Use length instead to determine address size.
	(get_pointer_size_and_offset_of_comp_unit): Delete.
	(display_debug_lines): Adjust for above.
	(display_debug_aranges): Don't stop on finding two zeros.
	(display_debug_frames): For warning, print offset not pointer.

2006-03-09  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>

	* dlltool.c: Update copyright year.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Likewise.

2006-03-09  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>

	* dlltool.c (add_stdcall_underscore): New flag.
	(xlate): Also add underscore to stdcall symbol if
	add_stdcall_underscore set.
	(usage): Document --add-stdcall-underscore option.
	(OPTION_ADD_STDCALL_UNDERSCORE): New define.
	(long_options): Use it for --add-stdcall-underscore option.
	(main): Handle it.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Document --add-stdcall-underscore option
	and differentiate from --add-underscore.

2006-03-06  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Adjust.

2006-03-03  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (frame_display_row, display_debug_frames): Handle
	DW_CFA_val_offset, DW_CFA_val_offset_sf and DW_CFA_val_expression.

2006-02-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* objcopy.c (use_alt_mach_code): Change type to unsigned long.
	(copy_object):  If bfd_alt_mach_code fails emit a more helpful
	message and if the target architecture is ELF use the alternative
	as replacement value for the e_machine number.
	(copy_main): Use strtoul to parse the number provided with the
	--alt-mach-code switch.
	* doc/binutils.texi (--alt-mach-code): Document that this switch
	can now set the absolute e_machine value.

2006-02-27  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>

	* po/Make-in: Add html target.

2006-02-17  Nick Hudson  <nick.hudson@dsl.pipex.com>

	* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Add logic for missing EF_SH flags.

2006-02-14  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>

	* config.in: Rebuilt.

2006-02-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR binutils/2258
	* readelf.c (process_program_headers): Use
	ELF_IS_SECTION_IN_SEGMENT_MEMORY.

2006-02-09  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr>

	* configure.in (CHECK_DECLS): Add snprintf and vsnprintf.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* objdump.c (fprintf): Remove declaration.
	* bucomm.h (fprintf): Declare if not already declared.
	(snprintf): Likewise.
	(vsnprintf): Likewise.

2006-02-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* readelf.c (process_program_headers): Match PT_TLS segment
	only with SHT_TLS sections.

2006-02-07  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Add logic for EF_M68K flags.

2006-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* readelf.c (process_program_headers): Undo the last change.

2006-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* readelf.c (process_program_headers): Undo the change made on
	2004-09-22.  Match PT_DYNAMIC segment only with SHT_DYNAMIC
	sections.

2006-01-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Catch the case where an attempt is made
	to add a section that already exists and produce a more helpful
	warning message.

2006-01-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/vi.po: New Vietnamese translation.
	* configure.in (ALL_LINGUAS): Add vi.
	* configure: Regenerate.

2006-01-18  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>

	Introduce TLS descriptors for i386 and x86_64.
	* readelf.c (get_dynamic_type): Handle DT_TLSDESC_GOT and
	DT_TLSDESC_PLT.

2006-01-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/1391
	* objcopy.c (copy_object): For PE format targets set the VMA of a
	newly created gnu_debuglink section to a non-zero, aligned,
	contiguous value.
	* Makefile.am (objcopy.c): Add a dependency upon libbfd.h.
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2006-01-17  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	PR binutils/1486
	* configure.in: Don't define DISASSEMBLER_NEEDS_RELOCS.
	* configure: Regenerate.
	* objdump.c (struct objdump_disasm_info): Don't check for
	DISASSEMBLER_NEEDS_RELOCS.
	(objdump_print_addr): Likewise.
	(disassemble_bytes): Check disassembler_needs_relocs from
	disassemble_info at run-time instead of DISASSEMBLER_NEEDS_RELOCS
	at compile-time.
	(disassemble_section): Likewise.
	(disassemble_data): Initialize it.

2006-01-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Fix thinko.

	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Set isympp and osympp to NULL after free.

2006-01-09  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>:

	* readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add case for Nios/Nios II.
	(get_machine_name): Likewise.

For older changes see ChangeLog-2005

Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
notice and this notice are preserved.

Local Variables:
mode: change-log
left-margin: 8
fill-column: 74
version-control: never
End: