+2005-05-01 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
+
+ * doc/binutils.texi (strip, objcopy): Clarify the description of
+ the "--strip-debug" option. Fix a typo.
+
2005-04-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* bucomm.c: Undo the last change.
and adds it to the output file.
@item --only-keep-debug
-Strip a file, removing any sections that would be stripped by
-@option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections.
+Strip a file, removing contents of any sections that would not be
+stripped by @option{--strip-debug} and leaving the debugging sections
+intact.
The intention is that this option will be used in conjunction with
@option{--add-gnu-debuglink} to create a two part executable. One a
@item Run @code{objcopy --add-gnu-debuglink=foo.full foo}
@end enumerate
-ie the file pointed to by the @option{--add-gnu-debuglink} can be the
+i.e. the file pointed to by the @option{--add-gnu-debuglink} can be the
full executable. It does not have to be a file created by the
@option{--only-keep-debug} switch.