Add support for displaying and merging GNU_BUILD_NOTEs.

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

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 534560a4953241f3e664ad7581bafa17f7b54359..8fe4d3bce8f177921993fe6c4c559e6a7ee47080 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1179,6 +1179,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
         [@option{--compress-debug-sections}]
         [@option{--decompress-debug-sections}]
         [@option{--elf-stt-common=@var{val}}]
+        [@option{--merge-notes}]
         [@option{-v}|@option{--verbose}]
         [@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
         [@option{--help}] [@option{--info}]
@@ -1995,6 +1996,10 @@ converted to the @code{STT_COMMON} or @code{STT_OBJECT} type.
 @code{STT_COMMON}. @option{--elf-stt-common=no} converts common symbol
 type to @code{STT_OBJECT}.
 
+@item --merge-notes
+For ELF files, attempt to reduce the size of any SHT_NOTE type
+sections by removing duplicate notes.
+
 @item -V
 @itemx --version
 Show the version number of @command{objcopy}.