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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:21:43 +0100
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Subject: Re: Binutils objcopy bug (was Re: rebase segfault)
From: Kai Tietz <ktietz70 AT googlemail DOT com>
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Well, here are my 2-cents about that issue.  In general it is a flaw
to have an base-relocation in debug-section, as this means such debug
information can't be moved into a separate debug-file anymore.  A
debug-file has no relocation-information.
Nevertheless it would be good, if objcopy gets adjusted to eliminated
base-relocations of stripped sections.

Kai

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