* readelf.c (get_section_type_name): When displaying an unknown

	section type display the hex value first on the assumption that
	the full message will probably be truncated into a 15 character
	field.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index edb8760..69140c2 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2011-06-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * readelf.c (get_section_type_name): When displaying an unknown
+       section type display the hex value first on the assumption that
+       the full message will probably be truncated into a 15 character
+       field.
+
 2011-06-22  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
        * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): For DW_OP_GNU_convert and

diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 5a6521c..c1bc2c5 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -3084,7 +3084,9 @@ get_section_type_name (unsigned int sh_type)
       else if ((sh_type >= SHT_LOUSER) && (sh_type <= SHT_HIUSER))
        sprintf (buff, "LOUSER+%x", sh_type - SHT_LOUSER);
       else
-       snprintf (buff, sizeof (buff), _("<unknown>: %x"), sh_type);
+       /* This message is probably going to be displayed in a 15
+          character wide field, so put the hex value first.  */
+       snprintf (buff, sizeof (buff), _("%08x: <unknown>"), sh_type);
 
       return buff;
     }