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RHEL Program Management 2016-01-06 21:40:32 UTC Keywords Rebase
Red Hat Bugzilla 2016-01-06 21:40:32 UTC Doc Type Bug Fix Rebase: Bug Fixes and Enhancements
Martin Cermak 2016-02-17 09:30:33 UTC Blocks 1297579
CC mcermak
Libor Miksik 2016-03-01 17:43:57 UTC Blocks 1313485
Mark Wielaard 2016-03-22 15:47:54 UTC Docs Contact rkratky
Doc Text Important: if this rebase instead contains *only bug fixes,* or *only enhancements*, select the correct option from the Doc Type drop-down list.

Rebase package(s) to version: 0.165 from 0.163 in 7.2.

Highlights, important fixes, or notable enhancements:

From the upstream NEWS file, these are the items I think are interesting:

strip, unstrip: Handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.


elfcompress: New utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.

readelf: Add -z,--decompress option.

libelf: Add elf_compress, elf_compress_gnu, elf32_getchdr, elf64_getchdr and gelf_getchdr.

libdwelf: New function dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size.

Add libelf and libdw pkg-config files.
Mark Wielaard 2016-03-30 13:12:54 UTC Summary Rebase elfutils to 0.165 Rebase elfutils to 0.166
Mark Wielaard 2016-04-14 12:17:50 UTC Status NEW ASSIGNED
Status ASSIGNED MODIFIED
Fixed In Version elfutils-0.166-2.el7
errata-xmlrpc 2016-04-14 12:20:42 UTC Status MODIFIED ON_QA
Martin Cermak 2016-07-25 08:53:43 UTC Status ON_QA VERIFIED
QA Contact qe-baseos-tools mcermak
Lenka Špačková 2016-08-17 13:35:55 UTC Docs Contact rkratky tcapek
Tomas Capek 2016-08-19 14:47:37 UTC Doc Text Important: if this rebase instead contains *only bug fixes,* or *only enhancements*, select the correct option from the Doc Type drop-down list.

Rebase package(s) to version: 0.165 from 0.163 in 7.2.

Highlights, important fixes, or notable enhancements:

From the upstream NEWS file, these are the items I think are interesting:

strip, unstrip: Handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.


elfcompress: New utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.

readelf: Add -z,--decompress option.

libelf: Add elf_compress, elf_compress_gnu, elf32_getchdr, elf64_getchdr and gelf_getchdr.

libdwelf: New function dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size.

Add libelf and libdw pkg-config files.
_elfutils_ rebased to version 0.165

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.165. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: new utilities to handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* libelf: added *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* package configuration files.
Tomas Capek 2016-08-19 15:41:32 UTC Doc Text _elfutils_ rebased to version 0.165

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.165. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: new utilities to handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* libelf: added *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* package configuration files.
_elfutils_ rebased to version 0.166

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.166. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: these utilities can now handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* new functions have been added to *libelf* and *libdw* to handle compressed ELF sections: added *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* pkgconfig, package configuration files.
Robert Krátký 2016-08-19 15:45:35 UTC CC rkratky
Doc Text _elfutils_ rebased to version 0.166

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.166. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: these utilities can now handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* new functions have been added to *libelf* and *libdw* to handle compressed ELF sections: added *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* pkgconfig, package configuration files.
_elfutils_ rebased to version 0.166

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.166. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: these utilities can now handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* new functions have been added to *libelf* and *libdw* to handle compressed ELF sections: *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* pkgconfig (package configuration) files.
Flags needinfo?(mjw)
Mark Wielaard 2016-08-23 11:40:37 UTC Flags needinfo?(mjw)
Lenka Špačková 2016-10-31 15:52:59 UTC Doc Text _elfutils_ rebased to version 0.166

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.166. Highlighted improvements include:

* strip, unstrip: these utilities can now handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* elfcompress: a new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* readelf: a new *-z,--decompress* option.
* new functions have been added to *libelf* and *libdw* to handle compressed ELF sections: *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* libdwelf: a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* pkgconfig (package configuration) files.
_elfutils_ rebased to version 0.166

The _elfutils_ packages contain a number of utilities and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code. The package has been upgraded to version 0.166. Highlighted improvements include:

* *strip*, *unstrip* - These utilities can now handle ELF files with merged strtab/shstrtab tables.
* *elfcompress* - A new utility to compress or decompress ELF sections.
* *readelf* - A new *-z,--decompress* option.
* New functions have been added to *libelf* and *libdw* to handle compressed ELF sections: *elf_compress*, *elf_compress_gnu*, *elf32_getchdr*, *elf64_getchdr*, and *gelf_getchdr*.
* *libdwelf* - a new *dwelf_scn_gnu_compressed_size()* function.
* New *libelf* and *libdw* pkgconfig (package configuration) files.
errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-02 11:26:12 UTC Status VERIFIED RELEASE_PENDING
errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 02:49:19 UTC Status RELEASE_PENDING CLOSED
Resolution --- ERRATA
Last Closed 2016-11-03 22:49:19 UTC

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