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+2008-12-23  Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Added Jon Beniston as maintainer for LM32 port.
+       * readelf.c: Add support for LM32 machine number.
+
+2008-12-23  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+       * rcparse.y (rcdata_data): Allow empty comma elements.
+
+2008-12-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (dump_reloc_set): Remove STT_IFUNC support.
+       * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Likewise.
+       (get_symbol_type): Likewise.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Likewise.
+
+2008-12-18  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-12-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+       * srconv.c (wr_hd): Add parens to placate gcc 4.4.
+
+2008-12-09  Andrew Stubbs  <ams@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_CPU_arch): Add "v6-M" and "v6S-M".
+       (arm_attr_tag_WMMX_arch): Add "WMMXv2".
+       (arm_attr_tag_NEON_arch): Rename to ...
+       (arm_attr_tag_Advanced_SIMD_arch): ... official name.
+       (arm_attr_tag_ABI_PCS_config): Rename to ...
+       (arm_attr_tag_PCS_config): ... official name.
+       (arm_attr_tag_ABI_PCS_RO_DATA): Rename to ...
+       (arm_attr_tag_ABI_PCS_RO_data): ... official name.
+       (arm_attr_tag_ABI_FP_denormal): Add "Sign only".
+       (arm_attr_tag_CPU_unaligned_access): New array.
+       (arm_attr_tag_T2EE_use): New array.
+       (arm_attr_tag_Virtualization_use): New array.
+       (arm_attr_tag_MPextension_use): New array.
+       (arm_attr_publ): NEON_arch -> Advanced_SIMD_arch.
+       ABI_PCS_config -> PCS_config.
+       ABI_PCS_RO_DATA -> ABI_PCS_RO_data.
+       Add CPU_unaligned_access, nodefaults, also_compatible_with,
+       T2EE_use, conformance, Virtualization_use and MPextension_use.
+       (display_arm_attribute): Handle Tag_nodefaults and
+       Tag_also_compatible_with.
+
+2008-12-04  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+       * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Update booke documentation.
+       * NEWS: Document user-visible changes to command line options.
+
+2008-12-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (dump_reloc_set): Append "()" to symbol names which
+       have the BSF_INDIRECT_FUNCTION type.
+       * readelf.c (print_symbol): Fix handling of negative widths.
+       (dump_relocations): Append "()" to symbol names which have the
+       STT_IFUNC type. Display negative offsets as a positive number with
+       a "-" prefix.
+       (get_symbol_type): Return "IFUNC" for STT_IFUNC symbols.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Document 'i' symbol type.
+
+2008-11-26  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+       * strings.c (main): New variable `s'.  Have string_min parsing
+       call fatal for invalid input strings.
+
+2008-11-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR7044
+       * dlltool.c (run): Use formatting string to avoid compile time
+       warning.
+       (gen_exp_file): Check return value from fread.
+       * windmc.c (main): Check return value from fread.
+
+2008-11-21 Sterling Augustine <sterling@tensilica.com>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Take over from Bob Wilson as Xtensa maintainer.
+
+2008-11-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * doc/fdl.texi: Update to v1.3
+       * doc/binutils.texinfo: Change license to v1.3.
+
+2008-11-18  Catherine Moore  <clm@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_ABI_FP_16bit_format): New.
+       (arm_attr_tag_VFP_HP_extension): New.
+       (arm_attr_public_tag arm_attr_public_tags): Support
+       new attributes. 
+
+2008-11-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * version.c (print_version): Update copyright year.
+
+2008-11-16  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@usesr.sourceforge.net>
+
+       * dlltool.c (identify_search_section): Cast argument, not return
+       value, of xstrdup to 'char*'.
+
+2008-11-15  Charles Wilson  <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
+
+       Added --identify option to dlltool.
+       * binutils/dlltool.c: Add new global variables
+       identify_imp_name and identify_dll_name.
+       (identify_dll_for_implib, identify_search_archive,
+       identify_search_member, identify_process_section_p,
+       identify_search_section): New functions.
+       (usage): Added --identify.
+       (long_options): Added --identify.
+       (main): Handle --identify option.
+       * binutils/doc/binutils.texi: Document --identify.
+
+2008-11-14  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       Remove outdated mach-o specific tests.
+       * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Remove mach-o specific test.
+       (mach_o_uncompressed_dwarf_sections): Removed.
+       (mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections): Removed.
+       (generic_uncompressed_dwarf_sections): Removed.
+       (generic_compressed_dwarf_sections): Removed.
+       (check_mach_o_dwarf): Removed.
+       (dump_dwarf): Remove call to check_mach_o_dwarf.
+
+2008-11-14  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       * configure.com: Get version from configure.in of bfd.
+       * makefile.vms-in (DEBUG_OBJS): Add dwarf.obj.
+       (CFLAGS): Update flags.
+
+2008-11-13  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+           Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * nm.c (filter_symbols): Only call memcpy when from != to.
+
+2008-11-10  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+           Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objdump.c (disassemble_bytes): Don't skip leading zeros when
+       end of section calculation overflows.
+
+2008-11-07  Prafulla Thakare  <prafulla.thakare@kpitcummins.com>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Take over from Anil Paranjpe as H8300 maintainer.
+
+2008-10-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * po/id.po: New file.
+       * configure.in (ALL_LINGUAS): Add id.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-10-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * windmc.c (res_alloc): Remove unnecessary cast.
+       * windres.c (res_alloc, reswr_alloc): Likewise.
+
+2008-10-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c: Tidy up code formatting.
+
+2008-10-10  Nathan Froyd  <froydnj@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (display_power_gnu_attribute): Decode
+       Tag_GNU_Power_ABI_Struct_Return.
+
+2008-10-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * embedspu.sh: Pass -Wa,-noexecstack to $CC.
+
+2008-10-09  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+       * dlltool.c (PAGE_SIZE): Make sure it has bfd_vma type.
+       (PAGE_MASK): Likewise.
+       (sfunc): Change to address size of bfd_vma for base-file.
+       (flush_page): Likewise.
+       (gen_exp_file): Likewise.
+
+2008-10-07  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Do not cut the section names and
+       types if running with --wide.
+
+2008-10-06  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Change text for uniformity.
+       (process_debug_info): Likewise.
+       (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.  Indent address output.
+       (display_debug_pubnames): Print offset in hex.
+
+2008-10-02  Andrew Paprocki  <andrew@ishiboo.com>
+
+       PR 6934
+       * stabs.c (parse_stab_string): Parse and ignore =Y<name> strings
+       generated by the SUNPro C++ compiler.
+
+2008-09-30  Andrew Paprocki  <andrew@ishiboo.com>
+
+       PR 6922
+       * stabs.c (parse_stab_sun_builtin_type): Parse, but ignore SUN's
+       'b' and 'v' extensions.
+
+2008-09-29  Peter O'Gorman  <pogma@thewrittenword.com>
+           Steve Ellcey  <sje@cup.hp.com>
+
+       * configure: Regenerate for new libtool.
+       * aclocal.m4: Ditto.
+       * Makefile.in: Ditto.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Ditto.
+
+2008-09-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objcopy.c (setup_section): Set elf_group_id.
+
+2008-09-24  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (size_of_encoded_value, get_encoded_value): Move up.
+       (decode_location_expression): Add section parameter.  Handle
+       DW_OP_GNU_encoded_addr.
+       (read_and_display_attr_value): Update decode_location_expression call.
+       (display_debug_loc, display_debug_frames): Likewise.
+
+2008-09-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 6913
+       * dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): Don't call printf without format string.
+
+2008-09-17  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+       Suppress warnings on NONE relocations to discarded sections.
+       * readelf.c (is_none_reloc): New function.
+       (debug_apply_relocations): Ignore is_none_reloc() relocations.
+
+2008-09-11  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+       Fix loading large elf64 binaries on 32bit hosts.
+       * configure.in: Call AC_SYS_LARGEFILE.
+       * config.in: Regenerate.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-09-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * po/sv.po: Update.
+
+2008-09-08  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       * BRANCHES: Add 2.18 and 2.19 release branches.
+
+2008-09-08  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Add a marker for the 2.19 features.
+
+2008-09-05  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (load_specific_debug_section): New function, from
+       load_debug_section.
+       (load_debug_section): Use load_specific_debug_section.
+       (display_debug_section): Use load_specific_debug_section.  Check for
+       multiple sections with the same name.
+
+2008-08-28  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (dump_stabs): Add sections for Darwin.
+
+2008-08-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * sysdep.h: Include "binary-io.h".
+       (O_BINARY): Don't define here.
+       * bin2c.c (O_BINARY, O_TEXT, SET_BINARY): Don't define here.
+       * strings.c: Likewise.
+       (main): Remove #ifdef SET_BINARY.
+       * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am"
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+
+2008-08-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * configure.in: Update a number of obsolete autoconf macros.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+       * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
+
+2008-08-21  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (is_32bit_pcrel_reloc): Fix hppa entry.
+       (is_64bit_pcrel_reloc): New.
+       (debug_apply_relocations): Use it.  Handle hppa pcrel bias.
+
+2008-08-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 6526
+       * configure.in: Invoke AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS.
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+       * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
+       * config.in: Regenerate.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+
+2008-08-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 6615
+       * rename.c (smart_rename): Punctuate error messages.
+
+2008-08-08  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
+           Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+           Catherine Moore  <clm@codesourcery.com>
+           Mark Shinwell  <shinwell@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_mips_symbol_other): Handle STO_MIPS_PLT and
+       STO_MIPS_PIC.
+       (slurp_rela_relocs, slurp_rel_relocs): Handle MIPS ELF64 here.
+       (dump_relocations, debug_apply_relocations): Don't handle it here.
+       (get_mips_dynamic_type): Handle DT_MIPS_PLTGOT and DT_MIPS_RWPLT.
+       (print_mips_pltgot_entry): New function.
+       (process_mips_specific): Dump the PLT GOT.
+
+2008-08-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Return true for R_MIPS_64.
+
+2008-08-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 6774
+       * objcopy.c (copy_object): Don't setup_bfd_headers when extract_symbol.
+       (setup_section): Don't zero vma and lma when extract_symbol.
+       (copy_section): Discard relocations when extract_symbol.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Update --extract-symbol description.
+
+2008-08-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * Makefile.am (POTFILES.in): Set LC_ALL=C.
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+
+2008-08-04  Markus Weiss  <weissms@aros.org>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_osabi_name <ELFOSABI_AROS>): Change name.
+
+2008-08-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Remove AVX registers.
+       (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
+
+2008-07-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * dlltool.c, dwarf.c, objdump.c, readelf.c, resrc.c, resres.c,
+       windmc.c: Silence gcc warnings.
+
+2008-07-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * readelf.c (print_vma): Typo fix.
+
+2008-07-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 6769
+       * readelf.c (print_dec_vma, print_hex_vma): Delete.
+       (print_vma): Use BFD_VMA_FMT.
+       * size.c (size_number, rprint_number): Likewise.
+
+2008-07-26  Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (display_power_gnu_attribute): Display
+       single-precision hard float.
+
+2008-07-21  Luis Machado  <luisgpm@br.ibm.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle VSX notes.
+
+2008-07-15  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Initialize section_is_compressed 
+       for gcc 3.4/ia64.
+       * readelf.c (load_debug_section): Likewise.
+
+2008-07-12  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
+
+       Revert
+       2008-07-12  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
+       * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Deal with Blackfin specific
+       flags.
+
+2008-07-12  Jie Zhang  <jie.zhang@analog.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Deal with Blackfin specific
+       flags.
+
+2008-07-09  Craig Silverstein  <csilvers@google.com>
+
+       * config.in: Add HAVE_ZLIB_H
+       * configure.in: Add test for libz and zlib.h
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+       * dwarf.c (debug_displays): Add .zdebug_* strings.
+       * dwarf.h (struct dwarf_section): Add fields uncompressed_namd
+       and compressed_name.
+       * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Call
+       bfd_uncompress_section_contents when loading a compressed
+       section.
+       (dump_dwarf_section): Recognize compressed section name.
+       (mach_o_dwarf_sections): Rename as
+       mach_o_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
+       (mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
+       (generic_dwarf_section): Rename as
+       generic_uncompressed_dwarf_sections.
+       (generic_compressed_dwarf_sections): New variable.
+       (check_mach_o_dwarf): Save and restore
+       mach_o_compressed_dwarf_sections.
+       * readelf.c: Add #include for config.h and zlib.h
+       (process_section_headers): Recognize compressed section name.
+       (uncompress_section_contents): New function.
+       (load_debug_section): Call uncompress_section_contents when
+       loading a compressed section.
+       (display_debug_section): Recognize compressed section name.
+
+2008-07-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objdump.c (find_symbol_for_address): Prefer symbols in current
+       section.
+
+2008-07-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * ieee.c (write_ieee_debugging_info): Use bfd_make_section_with_flags.
+       * nlmconv.c (main, powerpc_build_stubs): Likewise.
+       * rescoff.c (write_coff_file): Likewise.
+       * resres.c (write_res_file): Likewise.
+       * windmc.c (windmc_write_bin): Likewise.
+
+2008-06-18  M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_CR16_OLD.
+       (dump_relocations): Likewise.
+       (get_machine_name): Likewise.
+       (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
+
+2008-06-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-06-12  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Add EM_M32C_OLD.
+       (dump_relocations): Likewise.
+       (process_section_headers): Likewise.
+       (is_32bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
+       (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Likewise.
+
+2008-06-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR binutils/6483
+       * objdump.c (dump_bfd): If the -g option found no STABS or IEEE
+       debug information to display, try dumping DWARF information
+       instead.
+       * rddbg.c (read_debugging_info): Add a parameter to suppress the
+       display of a warning message when no debug information is found.
+       * budbg.h (read_debugging_info): Update prototype.
+       * objcopy.c (copy_object): Continue to allow read_debugging_info
+       to produce warning messages.
+       * doc/binutils.texi (--debugging): Document new behaviour of the
+       -g/--debugging option.
+
+2008-06-10  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as m68k maintainer.
+
+2008-05-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+
+2008-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * embedspu.sh: Test for presence of ._ea by looking at section
+       table rather than looking at relocs.  Correct toe_addr substitution.
+
+2008-05-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * embedspu.sh: Take note of R_SPU_PPU32/64 relocs without a symbol,
+       and if present, put image in ".data.speelf".  Put program handle
+       in ".data.spehandle".
+
+2008-05-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (print_symbol): Add code to display non-printing
+       characters.
+
+2008-04-30  John Heidemann  <johnh@isi.edu>
+
+       * doc/binutils.texi (strings): Add "unicode" to the documentation
+       of strings in order to make explicit that it supports this
+       feature.
+
+2008-04-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * readelf.c (process_program_headers): Correct section in segment
+       display.
+
+2008-04-28  M Thomas  <mthomas@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
+           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR binutils/6449
+       * objdump.c (slurp_file): Open the file in binary mode.
+       * ar.c: Remove conditional definition of O_BINARY.
+       * bin2.c: Likewise.
+       * rename.c: Likewise.
+       * strings.c: Likewise.
+       * sysdep.h: Add conditional definition of O_BINARY.
+
+2008-04-23  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>
+
+       * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-04-16  Jean-Yves Lefort  <jylefort@brutele.be>
+
+       PR binutils/6034
+       * objcopy.c (stuct symlist): Rename to
+       is_specified_symbol_predicate_data.
+       (strip_specific_list): Rename to strip_specific_htab.
+       (strip_unneeded_list): Rename to strip_unneeded_htab.
+       (keep_specific_list):  Rename to keep_specific_htab.
+       (localize_specific_list): Rename to localize_specific_htab.
+       (globalize_specific_list): Rename to globalize_specific_htab.
+       (keepglobal_specific_list): Rename to keepglobal_specific_htab.
+       (weaken_specific_list): Rename to weaken_specific_htab.
+       (eq_string): New function.
+       (create_symbol_htab): New function.
+       (create_symbol_htabs): New function.
+       (add_specific_symbol): Change to use hash tables.
+       (is_specified_symbol_predicate): New function.
+       (is_specified_symbol): Use hash table lookup.
+       (is_strip_section): Update to use new functions and hash tables.
+       (filter_symbols): Likewise.
+       (copy_object): Likewise.
+       (copy_section): Likewise.
+       (strip_main): Likewise.
+       (copy_main): Likewise.
+       (main): Likewise.
+
+2008-04-14  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Recognize NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION.
+
+2008-04-11  Torleif Sandnes  <torleif.sandnes@gmail.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines): Rename to
+       display_debug_lines_raw.
+       (display_debug_lines_decoded): New function.  Displays the
+       interpreted contents of a .debug_line section.
+       (display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or
+       a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user.
+       * dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern.
+       * readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline
+       option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
+       * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
+2008-04-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * dwarf.c: Remove trailing whitespace throughout file.
+
+2008-04-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * po/sk.po: Updated Slovak translation.
+
+2008-04-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Add AVX registers.
+       (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
+
+2008-03-27  Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+       Add support for thin archives.
+       * ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
+       (map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
+       (usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
+       (replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
+       * arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
+       * binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
+       flattening nested archives.
+       (do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
+       (ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
+       * binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
+       (struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
+       * dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
+       * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
+       parameter, currently unimplemented.
+       All callers changed.
+       * objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
+       * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
+2008-03-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.
+
+2008-03-20  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@nildram.co.uk>
+
+       * readelf.c (print_mips_got_entry): New function.
+       (process_mips_specific): Print GOT information.
+
+2008-03-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
+
+       * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
+       * configure: Likewise.
+       * Makefile.in: Likewise.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.
+
+2008-03-16  Brian Dessent  <brian@dessent.net>
+
+       * rcparse.y (resid): Allow control text to span multiple lines.
+
+2008-03-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * readelf.c: Use %u throughout when printing sh_link or sh_info,
+       %lu when printing sh_addralign.
+       (process_version_sections): Use identical formats when printing
+       all offset and sh_link fields.
+
+2008-03-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
+       * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+       * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
+       * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2008-03-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 5900
+       * readelf.c (SECTION_HEADER_INDEX, SECTION_HEADER_NUM): Delete.
+       Remove use throughout file.
+       (SECTION_HEADER): Likewise.
+       (dump_relocations): Don't adjust st_shndx for reserved range.
+       (process_file_header): Mask SHN_XINDEX to values seen in external
+       elf structs.  Simplify valid section index tests.
+       (get_32bit_elf_symbols, get_64bit_elf_symbols): Mask SHN_XINDEX.
+       Map reserved st_shndx to internal form.
+       (process_section_groups): Test that group symbol st_shndx is in
+       range, not just non-zero.  Delete reserved range check.
+       (get_symbol_index_type): Mask "type" to 16 bits when printing PRC,
+       OS or RSV.
+
+2008-03-09  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add "VFPv3-D16".
+
+2008-03-03  James E. Wilson  <wilson@tuliptree.org>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
+
+2008-03-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Handle
+       DW_OP_PGI_omp_thread_num.
+
+2008-03-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): Initialise "sym".
+
+2008-02-27  Justin Pryzby  <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
+           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * ar.c (usage): Mention -t command line switch.
+       * doc/binutils.texi (ranlib): Document -t command line switch.
+
+2008-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): If displaying file offsets, show
+       the offset even if there are no symbols available.
+       (dump_section): Display nothing if none of the section is going to
+       be dumped.  Display the file offset, if requested, of the location
+       from where the dump starts.
+       * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Mention that dumping via the -s
+       switch is also affected by the -F option.
+
+2008-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       Re-apply this patch which was accidentally deleted:
+       2006-05-16  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>
+
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.
+
+2008-02-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (display_file_offsets): New variable.
+       (long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
+       (objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
+       the offset of the given address.
+       (disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
+       many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
+       dumping resumes.
+       (disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
+       data is going to be dumped from it.
+       (main): Handle new option.  Produce error messages if the start or
+       stop addresses do not make sense.
+       * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
+       * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
+2008-02-15  Chu Li  <chul@cn.fujitsu.com>
+           Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR binutils/5713
+       * strings.c (integer_arg): Delete function.
+       (string_min): Initialise to 4.
+       (main): Use strtoul to parse integer arguments.
+       Move check for an invalid string length to after all the arguments
+       have been parsed.
+       (usage): Use indentation to indicate that -<n> is a another form
+       of the --bytes= command line option.
+
+2008-02-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * dlltool.c (mcore_elf_cache_filename): Add a const qualifier to
+       the argument.
+       (scan_obj_filename): Do not drop the const qualifier when calling
+       mcore_elf_cache_filename.
+       (struct fname_cache): Add const qualifier to filename field.
+
+2008-02-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       PR binutils/5713
+       * strings.c (main): Set string_min to 4 if it is <= 0.
+
+2008-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objdump.c (main): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.
+
+2008-02-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       PR 5715
+       * configure: Regenerated.
+
+2008-02-03  Adam Nemet  <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle Octeon.
+
+2008-01-30  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Decode OpenVMS-specific sections.
+       (get_ia64_dynamic_type): Decode OpenVMS-specific tags.
+       (get_dynamic_type): Handle IA64-specific tags.
+       (get_ia64_section_type_name): Handle OpenVMS-specific sections.
+       (get_section_type_name): Handle OS-specific sections (and
+       particularly IA64 OpenVMS one).
+       (get_elf_section_flags): Makes flags static.  Add entries for IA64 and
+       decode them.
+
+2008-01-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): New function.  Display the value of a
+       dwarf_vma type at a specified precision.  Use mingw field type
+       specifier if necessary.
+       (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma type for begin and end values.
+       Use print_dwarf_vma to display their values.  Use byte_get_signed
+       in order to correctly detect the -1 escape value.
+       (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
+       (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
+
+2008-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Correct test for base address
+       entry when 64-bit host dumping 32-bit object.
+
+2008-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as ix86 maintainer.  Add for SPU.
+
+2008-01-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       PR binutils/5529
+       * rclex.c (yylex): Also allow the hypen character.
+
+2008-01-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c: Include "elf/common.h".
+       (eh_addr_size): Changed to int.
+       (dwarf_regnames_i386): New.
+       (dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
+       (dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
+       (dwarf_regnames_count): Likewise.
+       (init_dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
+       (regname): Likewise.
+       (frame_display_row): Properly support different address size.
+       Call regname to get register name.
+       (display_debug_frames): Call regname to get register name.
+       Display DW_CFA_def_cfa_register as DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
+       instead of DW_CFA_def_cfa_reg.
+
+       * dwarf.h (init_dwarf_regnames): New.
+
+       * objdump.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
+       (dump_dwarf): Call init_dwarf_regnames on ELF input.
+
+       * readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Change argument to int.
+       (parse_args): Remove the undocumented upper case options for
+       -wX.
+       (process_file_header): Call init_dwarf_regnames.
+
+2008-01-25  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add m16c handler.
+       (is_16bit_abs_reloc): Recognize R_M32C_16.
+
+2008-01-25  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+       * prdbg.c: Correct formatter style use.
+       * readelf.c: Likewise.
+       * strings.c: Likewise.
+
+2008-01-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.
+
+2008-01-17  H.J. Lu  <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
+
+       * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.
+
+2008-01-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Include the CU offset and corrupt
+       version value when reporting unrecognised DWARF version numbers.
+       (load_debug_info): Remember a failed attempt to load and parse the
+       .debug_info section and do not repeat such attempts.
+       (display_debug_lines): Check the return value from load_debug_info
+       and return whilst displaying a warning message if the load failed.
+       (display_debug_loc): Likewise.
+       (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
+       (DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE): Value stored in num_debug_info_entries
+       when the .debug_info section could not be loaded/parsed.
+       (process_debug_info): Display the length of the compilation unit
+       in hex, so that it corresponds with the offsets that will follow.
+       Tell the user if the length was 32-bit or 64-bit.
+       If a DIE abbreviation could not be found, tell the user the offset
+       of the DIE.
+       (free_debug_memory): Do not attempt to free any entries in the
+       debug_information array if num_debug_info_entries is set to
+       DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE.
+
+2008-01-10  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
+
+       * readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Handle R_S390_64.
+
+2008-01-09  Jakub Zawadzki  <darkjames@darkjames.ath.cx>
+
+       PR binutils/55326
+       * bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): Free architecture list
+       after use.
+       * windres.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
+       * windmc.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
+
+2008-01-08  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
+
+       PR binutils/5529
+       * binutils/rclex.c: (yylex): Add ':', '_', '\\', and '/' to post
+       characters for name tokens.
+
+2008-01-04  Greg McGary  <greg@mcgary.org>
+
+       * prdbg.c (print_vma): Print as long long, if host supports it.
+
+2008-01-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Prefix values that are
+       displayed in hexadecimal with 0x.
+       For the DW_AT_import attribute display the abbreviation number and
+       tag of the imported DIE.
+       (process_debug_info): Warn about lengths that reserved by the
+       DWARF3 specification.
+       Provide more information when corrupted DIEs are detected.
+       Warn if DIE corruption makes the sibling level negative.
+
+For older changes see ChangeLog-2007
+\f
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