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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY elfutils-download-http
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[8dfc5c3] | 8 | "https://sourceware.org/ftp/elfutils/&elfutils-version;/elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[3406acf] | 9 | <!ENTITY elfutils-download-ftp
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| 10 | "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/elfutils/&elfutils-version;/elfutils-&elfutils-version;.tar.bz2">
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[a3f014c] | 11 | <!ENTITY elfutils-md5sum "03599aee98c9b726c7a732a2dd0245d5">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY elfutils-size "8.0 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY elfutils-buildsize "78 MB (with tests)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY elfutils-time "0.9 SBU (with tests)">
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[d489d4b] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="elfutils" xreflabel="elfutils-&elfutils-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="elfutils.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>elfutils-&elfutils-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="elfutils">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-elfutils">elfutils</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to elfutils</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para>
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[a9ae025] | 34 | The <application>elfutils</application> package contains a set of
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[894bbb4] | 35 | utilities and libraries for handling ELF (Executable and Linkable Format)
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| 36 | files.
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[d489d4b] | 37 | </para>
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| 38 |
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[9e1b8178] | 39 | &lfs81_checked;
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[d489d4b] | 40 |
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| 41 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 42 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>
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| 45 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&elfutils-download-http;"/>
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| 46 | </para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>
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| 50 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&elfutils-download-ftp;"/>
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| 51 | </para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | Download MD5 sum: &elfutils-md5sum;
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>
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| 60 | Download size: &elfutils-size;
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| 61 | </para>
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| 62 | </listitem>
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>
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| 65 | Estimated disk space required: &elfutils-buildsize;
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| 66 | </para>
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| 67 | </listitem>
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>
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| 70 | Estimated build time: &elfutils-time;
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| 71 | </para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </itemizedlist>
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| 74 |
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[a9ae025] | 75 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">elfutils Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <para role="optional">
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| 79 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>
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| 80 | </para>
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| 81 |
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[d489d4b] | 82 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 83 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/elfutils"/>
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| 84 | </para>
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 88 | <title>Installation of elfutils</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <para>
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| 91 | Install <application>elfutils</application> by running the following
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| 92 | commands:
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| 93 | </para>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <!-- don't disable static libs, disable-static switch doesn't work anyways -->
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[7a1d9607] | 96 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --program-prefix="eu-" &&
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[d489d4b] | 97 | make</userinput></screen>
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[7a1d9607] | 98 | <!--
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[d489d4b] | 99 | <para>
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[59fb87e] | 100 | If you wish to run the test suite, first fix it to skip two failing tests:
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[8f1fc267] | 101 | </para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/srcdir/ iexit 77\n' \
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| 104 | tests/run-backtrace-native.sh \
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[7a1d9607] | 105 | tests/run-backtrace-native-core.sh</userinput></screen>-->
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[8f1fc267] | 106 |
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| 107 | <para>
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[a3f014c] | 108 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 109 | One test, run-strip-nothing.sh, is known to fail.
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[d489d4b] | 110 | </para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <para>
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| 113 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 114 | </para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | </sect2>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 121 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para>
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[7a1d9607] | 124 | <parameter>--program-prefix="eu-"</parameter>: This switch renames
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| 125 | installed programs to avoid conflict with
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| 126 | <application>Binutils</application> programs installed in LFS.
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[d489d4b] | 127 | </para>
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| 128 |
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[a9ae025] | 129 | <para>
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| 130 | <option>--enable-valgrind</option>: Run all tests under valgrind.
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| 131 | </para>
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| 132 |
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[d489d4b] | 133 | </sect2>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 136 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 137 |
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| 138 | <segmentedlist>
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| 139 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 140 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 141 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 142 |
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| 143 | <seglistitem>
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| 144 | <seg>
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[dbcebcf] | 145 | eu-addr2line, eu-ar, eu-elfcmp, eu-elfcompress, eu-elflint,
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[c569acc5] | 146 | eu-findtextrel, eu-make-debug-archive, eu-nm, eu-objdump,
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[dbcebcf] | 147 | eu-ranlib, eu-readelf, eu-size, eu-stack, eu-strings, eu-strip, and
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| 148 | eu-unstrip
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[d489d4b] | 149 | </seg>
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| 150 | <seg>
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[c647e6d] | 151 | libasm.{a,so}, libdw.{a,so}, libebl.a, libelf.{a,so}, and
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| 152 | some for different architectures under /usr/lib/elfutils
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[d489d4b] | 153 | </seg>
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| 154 | <seg>
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| 155 | /usr/include/elfutils and
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| 156 | /usr/lib/elfutils
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| 157 | </seg>
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| 158 | </seglistitem>
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| 159 | </segmentedlist>
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| 160 |
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[b22a51fa] | 161 | <variablelist>
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| 162 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 163 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 164 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="eu-addr2line">
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| 167 | <term><command>eu-addr2line</command></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 170 | converts addresses into file names and line numbers.
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[b22a51fa] | 171 | </para>
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| 172 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-addr2line">
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| 173 | <primary sortas="b-eu-addr2line">eu-addr2line</primary>
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| 174 | </indexterm>
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| 175 | </listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="eu-ar">
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| 179 | <term><command>eu-ar</command></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 182 | creates, modifies, and extracts from archives.
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[b22a51fa] | 183 | </para>
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| 184 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ar">
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| 185 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ar">eu-ar</primary>
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| 186 | </indexterm>
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| 187 | </listitem>
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| 188 | </varlistentry>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <varlistentry id="eu-elfcmp">
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| 191 | <term><command>eu-elfcmp</command></term>
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| 192 | <listitem>
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| 193 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 194 | compares relevant parts of two ELF files for equality.
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[b22a51fa] | 195 | </para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elfcmp">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elfcmp">eu-elfcmp</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 201 |
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[dbcebcf] | 202 | <varlistentry id="eu-elfcompress">
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| 203 | <term><command>eu-elfcompress</command></term>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 206 | compresses or decompresses sections in an ELF file.
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[dbcebcf] | 207 | </para>
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| 208 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elfcompress">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elfcompress">eu-elfcompress</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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[b22a51fa] | 214 | <varlistentry id="eu-elflint">
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| 215 | <term><command>eu-elflint</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 218 | does pedantic checking of ELF files compliance with gABI/psABI spec.
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[b22a51fa] | 219 | </para>
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| 220 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-elflint">
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| 221 | <primary sortas="b-eu-elflint">eu-elflint</primary>
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| 222 | </indexterm>
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| 223 | </listitem>
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| 224 | </varlistentry>
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| 225 |
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| 226 | <varlistentry id="eu-findtextrel">
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| 227 | <term><command>eu-findtextrel</command></term>
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| 228 | <listitem>
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| 229 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 230 | locates the source of text relocations in FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 231 | </para>
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| 232 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-findtextrel">
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| 233 | <primary sortas="b-eu-findtextrel">eu-findtextrel</primary>
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| 234 | </indexterm>
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| 235 | </listitem>
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| 236 | </varlistentry>
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| 237 |
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[c569acc5] | 238 | <!--
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[b22a51fa] | 239 | <varlistentry id="eu-ld">
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| 240 | <term><command>eu-ld</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 243 | combines object and archive files.
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[b22a51fa] | 244 | </para>
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| 245 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ld">
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| 246 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ld">eu-ld</primary>
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| 247 | </indexterm>
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| 248 | </listitem>
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| 249 | </varlistentry>
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[c569acc5] | 250 | -->
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[b22a51fa] | 251 |
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| 252 | <varlistentry id="eu-nm">
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| 253 | <term><command>eu-nm</command></term>
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| 254 | <listitem>
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| 255 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 256 | lists symbols from FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 257 | </para>
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| 258 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-nm">
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| 259 | <primary sortas="b-eu-nm">eu-nm</primary>
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| 260 | </indexterm>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 263 |
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[b22a51fa] | 264 | <varlistentry id="eu-objdump">
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| 265 | <term><command>eu-objdump</command></term>
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| 266 | <listitem>
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| 267 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 268 | shows information from FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 269 | </para>
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| 270 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-objdump">
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| 271 | <primary sortas="b-eu-objdump">eu-objdump</primary>
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| 272 | </indexterm>
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| 273 | </listitem>
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| 274 | </varlistentry>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="eu-ranlib">
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| 277 | <term><command>eu-ranlib</command></term>
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| 278 | <listitem>
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| 279 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 280 | generates an index to speed up access to archives.
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[b22a51fa] | 281 | </para>
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| 282 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-ranlib">
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| 283 | <primary sortas="b-eu-ranlib">eu-ranlib</primary>
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| 284 | </indexterm>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry id="eu-readelf">
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| 289 | <term><command>eu-readelf</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 292 | prints information from ELF files in human-readable form.
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[b22a51fa] | 293 | </para>
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| 294 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-readelf">
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| 295 | <primary sortas="b-eu-readelf">eu-readelf</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="eu-size">
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| 301 | <term><command>eu-size</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 304 | lists section sizes of FILEs (a.out by default).
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[b22a51fa] | 305 | </para>
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| 306 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-size">
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| 307 | <primary sortas="b-eu-size">eu-size</primary>
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| 308 | </indexterm>
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| 309 | </listitem>
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| 310 | </varlistentry>
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[f3429309] | 311 |
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[b22a51fa] | 312 | <varlistentry id="eu-stack">
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| 313 | <term><command>eu-stack</command></term>
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| 314 | <listitem>
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| 315 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 316 | prints a stack for each thread in a process or core file.
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[b22a51fa] | 317 | </para>
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| 318 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-stack">
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| 319 | <primary sortas="b-eu-stack">eu-stack</primary>
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| 320 | </indexterm>
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| 321 | </listitem>
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| 322 | </varlistentry>
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| 323 |
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| 324 | <varlistentry id="eu-strings">
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| 325 | <term><command>eu-strings</command></term>
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| 326 | <listitem>
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| 327 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 328 | prints the strings of printable characters in files.
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[b22a51fa] | 329 | </para>
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| 330 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-strings">
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| 331 | <primary sortas="b-eu-strings">eu-strings</primary>
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| 332 | </indexterm>
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| 333 | </listitem>
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| 334 | </varlistentry>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | <varlistentry id="eu-strip">
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| 337 | <term><command>eu-strip</command></term>
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| 338 | <listitem>
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| 339 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 340 | discards symbols from object files.
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[b22a51fa] | 341 | </para>
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| 342 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-strip">
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| 343 | <primary sortas="b-eu-strip">eu-strip</primary>
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| 344 | </indexterm>
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| 345 | </listitem>
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| 346 | </varlistentry>
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| 347 |
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| 348 | <varlistentry id="eu-unstrip">
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| 349 | <term><command>eu-unstrip</command></term>
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| 350 | <listitem>
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| 351 | <para>
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[c569acc5] | 352 | combines stripped files with separate symbols and debug information.
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[b22a51fa] | 353 | </para>
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="elfutils eu-unstrip">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="b-eu-unstrip">eu-unstrip</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </variablelist>
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| 361 |
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[d489d4b] | 362 | </sect2>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | </sect1>
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