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Diffstat (limited to 'misc/buildroot/toolchain/sstrip/sstrip.c')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/misc/buildroot/toolchain/sstrip/sstrip.c b/misc/buildroot/toolchain/sstrip/sstrip.c index 1842f053c..ae0c67a67 100644 --- a/misc/buildroot/toolchain/sstrip/sstrip.c +++ b/misc/buildroot/toolchain/sstrip/sstrip.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ * * sstrip is a small utility that removes the contents at the end of an * ELF file that are not part of the program's memory image. - * + * * Most ELF executables are built with both a program header table and a * section header table. However, only the former is required in order * for the OS to load, link and execute a program. sstrip attempts to @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ * the file that occur at the end, after the parts to be saved. However, * this almost always includes the section header table, and occasionally * a few random sections that are not used when running a program. - * + * * It should be noted that the GNU bfd library is (understandably) * dependent on the section header table as an index to the file's * contents. Thus, an executable file that has no section header table @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ * low-priority item, as executables without a section header table are * rare in the extreme.) This probably also explains why strip doesn't * offer the option to do this. - * + * * Shared library files may also have their section header table removed. * Such a library will still function; however, it will no longer be * possible for a compiler to link a new program against it. - * + * * As an added bonus, sstrip also tries to removes trailing zero bytes * from the end of the file. (This normally cannot be done with an * executable that has a section header table.) - * + * * sstrip is a very simplistic program. It depends upon the common * practice of putting the parts of the file that contribute to the * memory image at the front, and the remaining material at the end. This |