Revert "2.41 Release sources"

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / doc / binutils.texi

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 8314cb57562c187391bb4a9837208ebb6f66a51e..9f80f398c9de95ef0f83e25241889e8878ec8ba3 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1626,6 +1626,11 @@ commands.  If the input was '12345678' then the outputs would be
 Set the access and modification dates of the output file to be the same
 as those of the input file.
 
 Set the access and modification dates of the output file to be the same
 as those of the input file.
 

+This option also copies the date stored in a PE format file's header,
+unless the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable is defined.  If it
+is defined then this variable will be used as the date stored in the
+header, interpreted as the number of seconds since the Unix epoch.
+

 @item -D
 @itemx --enable-deterministic-archives
 @cindex deterministic archives
 @item -D
 @itemx --enable-deterministic-archives
 @cindex deterministic archives


@@ -1745,13 +1750,14 @@ Set the flags for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.  The
 @var{flags} argument is a comma separated string of flag names.  The
 recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load},
 @samp{noload}, @samp{readonly}, @samp{code}, @samp{data}, @samp{rom},
 @var{flags} argument is a comma separated string of flag names.  The
 recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load},
 @samp{noload}, @samp{readonly}, @samp{code}, @samp{data}, @samp{rom},

-@samp{exclude}, @samp{share}, and @samp{debug}.  You can set the
-@samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have contents, but it
-is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which
-does have contents--just remove the section instead.  Not all flags are
-meaningful for all object file formats.  In particular the
-@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for
-ELF format files.
+@samp{exclude}, @samp{share}, @samp{debug}, and @samp{large}.
+You can set the @samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have
+contents, but it is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a
+section which does have contents--just remove the section instead.  Not all
+flags are meaningful for all object file formats.  In particular the
+@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for ELF
+format files.  The ELF x86-64 specific flag @samp{large} corresponds to
+SHF_X86_64_LARGE.

 
 @item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
 Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.
 
 @item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
 Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.