* binutils.texi (Target Selection): Document that you can now

specify targets using configuration triplets.

binutils/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Thu Oct  3 17:41:23 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+	* binutils.texi (Target Selection): Document that you can now
+	specify targets using configuration triplets.
+
+	* ar.c (usage): Declare.  Make sure all callers pass an argument.
+
 Thu Oct  3 15:39:42 1996  Jason Molenda  (crash@godzilla.cygnus.co.jp)
 
 	* Makefile.in (clean): Remove config.log.

binutils/NEWS

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes since binutils 2.7
+
+* Formats may now be specified as configuration triplets.  For example,
+  objdump -b i386-pc-linux.  The triplets are not passed through config.sub,
+  so they must be in canonical form.
+
+* Added --change-leading-char argument to objcopy.
+
 Changes since binutils 2.6
 
 * Added --enable-shared and --enable-commonbfdlib options to configure.
@@ -12,6 +20,12 @@ Changes since binutils 2.6
 
 * The objdump --line-numbers option is now meaningful with --reloc.
 
+* Added --line-numbers option to nm.
+
+* Added --endian/-EB/-EL option to objdump.
+
+* Added support for Alpha OpenVMS/AXP.
+
 Changes since binutils 2.5
 
 * Added -N/--strip-symbol and -K/--keep-symbol arguments to strip and objcopy.

binutils/binutils.texi

@@ -1766,6 +1766,16 @@ The command to list valid target values is @samp{objdump -i}
 Some sample values are: @samp{a.out-hp300bsd}, @samp{ecoff-littlemips},
 @samp{a.out-sunos-big}.
 
+You can also specify a target using a configuration triplet.  This is
+the same sort of name that is passed to configure to specify a target.
+When you use a configuration triplet as an argument, it must be fully
+canonicalized.  You can see the canonical version of a triplet by
+running the shell script @file{config.sub} which is included with the
+sources.
+
+Some sample configuration triplets are: @samp{m68k-hp-bsd},
+@samp{mips-dec-ultrix}, @samp{sparc-sun-sunos}.
+
 @subheading @code{objdump} Target
 
 Ways to specify: