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Update description of nm's symbol bss type letters.

PR 22734
	* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Update description to point out that
	zero-initialized values can also be shown as type B, b, S or s
	since they can be stored in the BSS section.
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Nick Clifton 8 years ago
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2018-01-30 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 22734
* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Update description to point out that
zero-initialized values can also be shown as type B, b, S or s
since they can be stored in the BSS section.
2018-01-30 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Use (bfd_vma) -1 as

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binutils/doc/binutils.texi

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@item B
@itemx b
The symbol is in the uninitialized data section (known as BSS).
The symbol is in the BSS data section. This section typically
contains zero-initialized or uninitialized data, although the exact
behavior is system dependent.
@item C
The symbol is common. Common symbols are uninitialized data. When
@ -848,7 +850,8 @@ The symbol is in a read only data section.
@item S
@itemx s
The symbol is in an uninitialized data section for small objects.
The symbol is in an uninitialized or zero-initialized data section
for small objects.
@item T
@itemx t

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