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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[92474b45] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-binutils" role="wrap">
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[92474b45] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="binutils.html"?>
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| 10 |
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[e747759] | 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>binutils</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&binutils-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&binutils-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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[92474b45] | 17 | <title>Binutils-&binutils-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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[673b0d8] | 25 |
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[92474b45] | 26 | <para>The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other
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| 27 | tools for handling object files.</para>
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[6370fa6] | 28 |
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[92474b45] | 29 | <segmentedlist>
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| 30 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 31 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[5888299] | 32 |
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[92474b45] | 33 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 34 | <seg>&binutils-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 35 | <seg>&binutils-ch6-du;</seg>
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[92474b45] | 36 | </seglistitem>
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| 37 | </segmentedlist>
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[a001133] | 38 |
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[92474b45] | 39 | </sect2>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 42 | <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot
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[4d86da9] | 45 | environment by performing a simple test:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 46 |
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[0445a3d] | 47 | <screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 48 |
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[4d86da9] | 49 | <para>This command should output the following:</para>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment
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| 54 | is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before
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| 55 | running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para>
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[81fd230] | 56 |
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[92474b45] | 57 | <screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
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[81fd230] | 58 | Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
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| 59 |
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[3e0c6919] | 60 | <para>Suppress the installation of an outdated
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| 61 | <filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later
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| 62 | on in the Autoconf instructions:</para>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -fv etc/standards.info
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| 65 | sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen>
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| 66 |
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[67fd1a9] | 67 | <para>Fix a couple of syntax errors that prevent the documentation from
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| 68 | building with Texinfo-&texinfo-version;:</para>
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[0f344dd] | 69 |
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[67fd1a9] | 70 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i -e 's/@colophon/@@colophon/' \
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| 71 | -e 's/doc@cygnus.com/doc@@cygnus.com/' bfd/doc/bfd.texinfo</userinput></screen>
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[0f344dd] | 72 |
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[92474b45] | 73 | <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
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| 74 | source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 75 |
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[0445a3d] | 76 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v ../binutils-build
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[73aedd1d] | 77 | cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
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| 78 |
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[92474b45] | 79 | <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 80 |
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[ac62f17] | 81 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 82 |
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[92474b45] | 83 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 84 |
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[0445a3d] | 85 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 86 |
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[92474b45] | 87 | <variablelist>
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| 88 | <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <varlistentry>
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| 91 | <term><parameter>tooldir=/usr</parameter></term>
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| 92 | <listitem>
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| 93 | <para>Normally, the tooldir (the directory where the executables will
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| 94 | ultimately be located) is set to <filename
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| 95 | class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename>. For
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[6e88633] | 96 | example, x86_64 machines would expand that to <filename
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| 97 | class="directory">/usr/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu</filename>. Because this is
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[92474b45] | 98 | a custom system, this target-specific directory in <filename
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| 99 | class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. <filename
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| 100 | class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename> would be
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| 101 | used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a
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| 102 | package on an Intel machine that generates code that can be executed
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| 103 | on PowerPC machines).</para>
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| 104 | </listitem>
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| 105 | </varlistentry>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </variablelist>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <important>
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| 110 | <para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered critical.
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| 111 | Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para>
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| 112 | </important>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>Test the results:</para>
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[81fd230] | 115 |
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[0f344dd] | 116 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 117 |
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[92474b45] | 118 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 119 |
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[0445a3d] | 120 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 121 |
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[92474b45] | 122 | <para>Install the <filename class="headerfile">libiberty</filename> header
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| 123 | file that is needed by some packages:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 124 |
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[64adff3] | 125 | <!-- <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen> -->
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[ac62f17] | 126 | <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 127 |
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[92474b45] | 128 | </sect2>
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| 129 |
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content">
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| 132 | <title>Contents of Binutils</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <segmentedlist>
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| 135 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 136 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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[fe05b08] | 137 | <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
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[92474b45] | 138 |
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| 139 | <seglistitem>
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[3119ddc] | 140 | <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, elfedit, gprof, ld, ld.bfd, nm,
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| 141 | objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
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[0090db5] | 142 | <seg>libiberty.a, libbfd.{a,so}, and libopcodes.{a,so}</seg>
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[fe05b08] | 143 | <seg>/usr/lib/ldscripts</seg>
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[92474b45] | 144 | </seglistitem>
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| 145 | </segmentedlist>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <variablelist>
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| 148 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 149 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 150 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <varlistentry id="addr2line">
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| 153 | <term><command>addr2line</command></term>
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| 154 | <listitem>
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| 155 | <para>Translates program addresses to file names and line numbers;
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| 156 | given an address and the name of an executable, it uses the debugging
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| 157 | information in the executable to determine which source file and line
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| 158 | number are associated with the address</para>
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| 159 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils addr2line">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="ar">
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| 166 | <term><command>ar</command></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>Creates, modifies, and extracts from archives</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ar">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <varlistentry id="as">
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| 176 | <term><command>as</command></term>
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| 177 | <listitem>
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| 178 | <para>An assembler that assembles the output of <command>gcc</command>
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| 179 | into object files</para>
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| 180 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils as">
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| 181 | <primary sortas="b-as">as</primary>
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| 182 | </indexterm>
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| 183 | </listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <varlistentry id="c-filt">
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| 187 | <term><command>c++filt</command></term>
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>Used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and Java symbols and to keep
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| 190 | overloaded functions from clashing</para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils c-filt">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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[3119ddc] | 197 | <varlistentry id="elfedit">
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| 198 | <term><command>elfedit</command></term>
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| 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>Updates the ELF header of ELF files</para>
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| 201 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils elfedit">
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| 202 | <primary sortas="b-elfedit">elfedit</primary>
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| 203 | </indexterm>
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| 204 | </listitem>
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| 205 | </varlistentry>
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| 206 |
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[92474b45] | 207 | <varlistentry id="gprof">
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| 208 | <term><command>gprof</command></term>
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| 209 | <listitem>
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| 210 | <para>Displays call graph profile data</para>
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| 211 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils gprof">
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| 212 | <primary sortas="b-gprof">gprof</primary>
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| 213 | </indexterm>
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| 214 | </listitem>
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| 215 | </varlistentry>
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| 216 |
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| 217 | <varlistentry id="ld">
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| 218 | <term><command>ld</command></term>
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| 219 | <listitem>
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| 220 | <para>A linker that combines a number of object and archive files
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| 221 | into a single file, relocating their data and tying up symbol
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| 222 | references</para>
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 |
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[3119ddc] | 229 | <varlistentry id="ld.bfd">
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| 230 | <term><command>ld.bfd</command></term>
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| 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>Hard link to <command>ld</command></para>
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| 233 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld.bfd">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-ld.bfd">ld.bfd</primary>
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| 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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[92474b45] | 239 | <varlistentry id="nm">
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| 240 | <term><command>nm</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>Lists the symbols occurring in a given object file</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils nm">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-nm">nm</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="objcopy">
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| 250 | <term><command>objcopy</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>Translates one type of object file into another</para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objcopy">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-objcopy">objcopy</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <varlistentry id="objdump">
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| 260 | <term><command>objdump</command></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>Displays information about the given object file, with options
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| 263 | controlling the particular information to display; the information
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| 264 | shown is useful to programmers who are working on the compilation
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| 265 | tools</para>
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| 266 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objdump">
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| 267 | <primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary>
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| 268 | </indexterm>
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| 269 | </listitem>
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| 270 | </varlistentry>
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| 271 |
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| 272 | <varlistentry id="ranlib">
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| 273 | <term><command>ranlib</command></term>
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| 274 | <listitem>
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| 275 | <para>Generates an index of the contents of an archive and stores it
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| 276 | in the archive; the index lists all of the symbols defined by archive
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| 277 | members that are relocatable object files</para>
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ranlib">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary>
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| 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="readelf">
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| 285 | <term><command>readelf</command></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>Displays information about ELF type binaries</para>
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| 288 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils readelf">
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| 289 | <primary sortas="b-readelf">readelf</primary>
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| 290 | </indexterm>
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| 291 | </listitem>
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| 292 | </varlistentry>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <varlistentry id="size">
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| 295 | <term><command>size</command></term>
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| 296 | <listitem>
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| 297 | <para>Lists the section sizes and the total size for the given
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| 298 | object files</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils size">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-size">size</primary>
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| 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="strings">
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| 306 | <term><command>strings</command></term>
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| 307 | <listitem>
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| 308 | <para>Outputs, for each given file, the sequences of printable
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| 309 | characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to
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| 310 | four); for object files, it prints, by default, only the strings from
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| 311 | the initializing and loading sections while for other types of files, it
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| 312 | scans the entire file</para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strings">
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| 314 | <primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="strip">
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| 320 | <term><command>strip</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>Discards symbols from object files</para>
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| 323 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strip">
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| 324 | <primary sortas="b-strip">strip</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <varlistentry id="libiberty">
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| 330 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libiberty</filename></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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| 332 | <para>Contains routines used by various GNU programs, including
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| 333 | <command>getopt</command>, <command>obstack</command>,
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| 334 | <command>strerror</command>, <command>strtol</command>, and
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| 335 | <command>strtoul</command></para>
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| 336 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libiberty">
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| 337 | <primary sortas="c-libiberty">libiberty</primary>
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| 338 | </indexterm>
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| 339 | </listitem>
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| 340 | </varlistentry>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <varlistentry id="libbfd">
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| 343 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term>
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| 344 | <listitem>
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| 345 | <para>The Binary File Descriptor library</para>
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| 346 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libbfd">
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| 347 | <primary sortas="c-libbfd">libbfd</primary>
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| 348 | </indexterm>
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| 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 | </varlistentry>
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| 351 |
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| 352 | <varlistentry id="libopcodes">
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| 353 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libopcodes</filename></term>
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| 354 | <listitem>
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| 355 | <para>A library for dealing with opcodes—the <quote>readable
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| 356 | text</quote> versions of instructions for the processor;
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| 357 | it is used for building utilities like
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| 358 | <command>objdump</command>.</para>
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| 359 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libopcodes">
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| 360 | <primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary>
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| 361 | </indexterm>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 | </varlistentry>
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| 364 |
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| 365 | </variablelist>
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| 366 |
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| 367 | </sect2>
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[673b0d8] | 368 |
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| 369 | </sect1>
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