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Update the binutils documentation to make it clear the the --strip-unneeded option of objcopy and strip implies the --strip-debug option.

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* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy, strip): Say that
        '--strip-unneeded' implies '--strip-debug'.
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Ludovic Court?s 2020-09-21 16:08:55 +01:00 • committed by Nick Clifton
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2020-09-21 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy, strip): Say that
'--strip-unneeded' implies '--strip-debug'.
2020-09-16 Anatoly Parshintsev <kupokupokupopo@gmail.com>
* verilog.c (verilog_write_address): Properly handle 64-bit

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@ -1404,13 +1404,16 @@ will remove all relocations for sections matching the pattern
@item -S
@itemx --strip-all
Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file.
Also deletes debug sections.
@item -g
@itemx --strip-debug
Do not copy debugging symbols or sections from the source file.
@item --strip-unneeded
Strip all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing in
addition to debugging symbols and sections stripped by
@option{--strip-debug}.
@item -K @var{symbolname}
@itemx --keep-symbol=@var{symbolname}
@ -3387,7 +3390,9 @@ See the description of this option in the @command{objcopy} section
for more information.
@item --strip-unneeded
Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing.
Remove all symbols that are not needed for relocation processing in
addition to debugging symbols and sections stripped by
@option{--strip-debug}.
@item -K @var{symbolname}
@itemx --keep-symbol=@var{symbolname}