Change readelf's display of symbol names (when not in --wide mode) so that if they...

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / NEWS

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 -*- text -*-
 
+* Changed readelf's display of symbol names when wide mode is not enabled.
+  If the name is too long it will be truncated and the last five characters
+  replaced with "[...]".  The old behaviour of displaying 5 more characters but
+  not indicating that truncation has happened can be restored by the use of the
+  -T or --silent-truncation options.
+
 * X86 NaCl target support is removed.
 
 * The readelf tool now has a -L or --lint or --enable-checks option which turns