Return 'n' if section flags are SEC_HAS_CONTENTS && SEC_READONLY.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5c76004..cbd2b41 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-03  Elias Athanasopoulos  <elathan@phys.uoa.gr>
+
+       * syms.c (decode_section_type): Return 'n' if section flags are
+       SEC_HAS_CONTENTS && SEC_READONLY.
+
 2003-06-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * elf32-v850.c (v850_elf_howto_t): Rename R_V850_32to

diff --git a/bfd/syms.c b/bfd/syms.c
index d65a868..0fcb7b3 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/syms.c
+++ b/bfd/syms.c
@@ -619,6 +619,9 @@ decode_section_type (section)
     }
   if (section->flags & SEC_DEBUGGING)
     return 'N';
+  if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) &&
+      (section->flags & SEC_READONLY))
+    return 'n';
 
   return '?';
 }

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 536d761..0b42501 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-03  Elias Athanasopoulos  <elathan@phys.uoa.gr>
+
+       * NEWS: Document the new BSD/POSIX single-character mapping for
+       .comment/.note sections.
+       
 2003-06-02  Chris Demetriou  <cgd@broadcom.com>
             Jason Thorpe  <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
 

diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 3730a7b..2531bf2 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* BFD marks the sections .comment and .note as 'n' in the BSD/POSIX
+  single-character representation.  This can be checked by running nm
+  with the -a switch.
+
 * Added --info switch to objcopy and strip.
 
 * Support for Vitesse IQ2000 added by Red Hat.