Trivial bug in man documentation: forgotten --strip-unneeded option in objcopy SYNOPSIS
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
binutils (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In the man page of "objcopy" the "--strip-unneeded" option:
- is described in OPTIONS section;
- but is forgotten in SYNOPSIS section (don't confuse with "--strip-
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy binutils
binutils:
Installed: 2.26.1-
Candidate: 2.26.1-
Version table:
*** 2.26.1-
500 http://
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
2.26-8ubuntu2 500
500 http://
I expected SYNOPSIS and OPTIONS sections of the man page of "objcopy" to be consistent.
Option "--strip-unneeded" present in OPTIONS section, is absent in SYNOPSIS section.
Related branches
- VCS imports: Pending requested
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Diff: 11 lines (+1/-0)1 file modifiedbinutils/doc/binutils.texi (+1/-0)
Changed in binutils (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
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I can confirm that the --strip-unneeded option is still missing from the objcopy manpage in binutils 2.27-8ubuntu2 on Ubuntu Yakkety.