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@setfilename bfd.info
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@c Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000
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@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c
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@tex
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% NOTE LOCAL KLUGE TO AVOID TOO MUCH WHITESPACE
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\global\long\def\example{%
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@end tex
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@synindex fn cp
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@ifinfo
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@format
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START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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* Bfd: (bfd). The Binary File Descriptor library.
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END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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@end format
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@end ifinfo
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@ifinfo
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This file documents the BFD library.
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Copyright (C) 1991, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
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section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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@ignore
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Permission is granted to process this file through Tex and print the
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results, provided the printed document carries copying permission
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notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
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(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
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@end ignore
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@end ifinfo
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@iftex
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@c@finalout
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@setchapternewpage on
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@c@setchapternewpage odd
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@settitle LIB BFD, the Binary File Descriptor Library
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@titlepage
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@title{libbfd}
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@subtitle{The Binary File Descriptor Library}
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@sp 1
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@subtitle First Edition---BFD version < 3.0 % Since no product is stable berfore version 3.0 :-)
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@subtitle Original Document Created: April 1991
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@author {Steve Chamberlain}
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@author {Cygnus Support}
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@page
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@tex
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\def\$#1${{#1}} % Kluge: collect RCS revision info without $...$
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\xdef\manvers{\$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $} % For use in headers, footers too
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{\parskip=0pt
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\hfill Free Software Foundation\par
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\hfill sac\@www.gnu.org\par
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\hfill {\it BFD}, \manvers\par
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\hfill \TeX{}info \texinfoversion\par
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}
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\global\parindent=0pt % Steve likes it this way
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@end tex
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the
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section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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@end titlepage
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@end iftex
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@node Top, Overview, (dir), (dir)
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@ifinfo
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This file documents the binary file descriptor library libbfd.
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@end ifinfo
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@menu
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* Overview:: Overview of BFD
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* BFD front end:: BFD front end
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* BFD back ends:: BFD back ends
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* GNU Free Documentation License:: GNU Free Documentation License
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* Index:: Index
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@end menu
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@node Overview, BFD front end, Top, Top
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@chapter Introduction
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@cindex BFD
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@cindex what is it?
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BFD is a package which allows applications to use the
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same routines to operate on object files whatever the object file
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format. A new object file format can be supported simply by
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creating a new BFD back end and adding it to the library.
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BFD is split into two parts: the front end, and the back ends (one for
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each object file format).
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@itemize @bullet
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@item The front end of BFD provides the interface to the user. It manages
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memory and various canonical data structures. The front end also
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decides which back end to use and when to call back end routines.
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@item The back ends provide BFD its view of the real world. Each back
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end provides a set of calls which the BFD front end can use to maintain
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its canonical form. The back ends also may keep around information for
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their own use, for greater efficiency.
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@end itemize
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@menu
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* History:: History
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* How It Works:: How It Works
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* What BFD Version 2 Can Do:: What BFD Version 2 Can Do
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@end menu
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@node History, How It Works, Overview, Overview
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@section History
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One spur behind BFD was the desire, on the part of the GNU 960 team at
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Intel Oregon, for interoperability of applications on their COFF and
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b.out file formats. Cygnus was providing GNU support for the team, and
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was contracted to provide the required functionality.
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The name came from a conversation David Wallace was having with Richard
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Stallman about the library: RMS said that it would be quite hard---David
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said ``BFD''. Stallman was right, but the name stuck.
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At the same time, Ready Systems wanted much the same thing, but for
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different object file formats: IEEE-695, Oasys, Srecords, a.out and 68k
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coff.
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BFD was first implemented by members of Cygnus Support; Steve
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Chamberlain (@code{sac@@cygnus.com}), John Gilmore
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(@code{gnu@@cygnus.com}), K. Richard Pixley (@code{rich@@cygnus.com})
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and David Henkel-Wallace (@code{gumby@@cygnus.com}).
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@node How It Works, What BFD Version 2 Can Do, History, Overview
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@section How To Use BFD
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To use the library, include @file{bfd.h} and link with @file{libbfd.a}.
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BFD provides a common interface to the parts of an object file
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for a calling application.
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When an application sucessfully opens a target file (object, archive, or
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whatever), a pointer to an internal structure is returned. This pointer
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points to a structure called @code{bfd}, described in
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@file{bfd.h}. Our convention is to call this pointer a BFD, and
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instances of it within code @code{abfd}. All operations on
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the target object file are applied as methods to the BFD. The mapping is
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defined within @code{bfd.h} in a set of macros, all beginning
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with @samp{bfd_} to reduce namespace pollution.
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For example, this sequence does what you would probably expect:
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return the number of sections in an object file attached to a BFD
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@code{abfd}.
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@lisp
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@c @cartouche
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#include "bfd.h"
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unsigned int number_of_sections(abfd)
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bfd *abfd;
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@{
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return bfd_count_sections(abfd);
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@}
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@c @end cartouche
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@end lisp
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The abstraction used within BFD is that an object file has:
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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a header,
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@item
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a number of sections containing raw data (@pxref{Sections}),
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@item
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a set of relocations (@pxref{Relocations}), and
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@item
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some symbol information (@pxref{Symbols}).
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@end itemize
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@noindent
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Also, BFDs opened for archives have the additional attribute of an index
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and contain subordinate BFDs. This approach is fine for a.out and coff,
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but loses efficiency when applied to formats such as S-records and
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IEEE-695.
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@node What BFD Version 2 Can Do, , How It Works, Overview
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@section What BFD Version 2 Can Do
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@include bfdsumm.texi
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@node BFD front end, BFD back ends, Overview, Top
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@chapter BFD front end
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@include bfdt.texi
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@menu
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* Memory Usage::
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* Initialization::
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* Sections::
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* Symbols::
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* Archives::
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* Formats::
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* Relocations::
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* Core Files::
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* Targets::
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* Architectures::
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* Opening and Closing::
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* Internal::
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* File Caching::
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* Linker Functions::
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* Hash Tables::
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@end menu
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@node Memory Usage, Initialization, BFD front end, BFD front end
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@section Memory usage
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BFD keeps all of its internal structures in obstacks. There is one obstack
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per open BFD file, into which the current state is stored. When a BFD is
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closed, the obstack is deleted, and so everything which has been
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allocated by BFD for the closing file is thrown away.
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BFD does not free anything created by an application, but pointers into
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@code{bfd} structures become invalid on a @code{bfd_close}; for example,
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after a @code{bfd_close} the vector passed to
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@code{bfd_canonicalize_symtab} is still around, since it has been
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allocated by the application, but the data that it pointed to are
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lost.
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The general rule is to not close a BFD until all operations dependent
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upon data from the BFD have been completed, or all the data from within
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the file has been copied. To help with the management of memory, there
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is a function (@code{bfd_alloc_size}) which returns the number of bytes
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in obstacks associated with the supplied BFD. This could be used to
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select the greediest open BFD, close it to reclaim the memory, perform
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some operation and reopen the BFD again, to get a fresh copy of the data
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structures.
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@node Initialization, Sections, Memory Usage, BFD front end
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@include init.texi
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@node Sections, Symbols, Initialization, BFD front end
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@include section.texi
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@node Symbols, Archives, Sections, BFD front end
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@include syms.texi
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@node Archives, Formats, Symbols, BFD front end
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@include archive.texi
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@node Formats, Relocations, Archives, BFD front end
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@include format.texi
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@node Relocations, Core Files, Formats, BFD front end
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@include reloc.texi
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@node Core Files, Targets, Relocations, BFD front end
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@include core.texi
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@node Targets, Architectures, Core Files, BFD front end
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@include targets.texi
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@node Architectures, Opening and Closing, Targets, BFD front end
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@include archures.texi
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@node Opening and Closing, Internal, Architectures, BFD front end
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@include opncls.texi
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@node Internal, File Caching, Opening and Closing, BFD front end
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@include libbfd.texi
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@node File Caching, Linker Functions, Internal, BFD front end
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@include cache.texi
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@node Linker Functions, Hash Tables, File Caching, BFD front end
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@include linker.texi
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@node Hash Tables, , Linker Functions, BFD front end
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@include hash.texi
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@node BFD back ends, GNU Free Documentation License, BFD front end, Top
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@chapter BFD back ends
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@menu
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* What to Put Where::
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* aout :: a.out backends
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* coff :: coff backends
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* elf :: elf backends
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* mmo :: mmo backend
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@ignore
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* oasys :: oasys backends
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* ieee :: ieee backend
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* srecord :: s-record backend
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@end ignore
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@end menu
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@node What to Put Where, aout, BFD back ends, BFD back ends
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All of BFD lives in one directory.
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@node aout, coff, What to Put Where, BFD back ends
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@include aoutx.texi
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@node coff, elf, aout, BFD back ends
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@include coffcode.texi
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@node elf, mmo, coff, BFD back ends
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@include elf.texi
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@c Leave this out until the file has some actual contents...
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@c @include elfcode.texi
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@node mmo, , elf, BFD back ends
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@include mmo.texi
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@node GNU Free Documentation License, Index, BFD back ends, Top
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@chapter GNU Free Documentation License
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@cindex GNU Free Documentation License
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GNU Free Documentation License
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Version 1.1, March 2000
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Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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0. PREAMBLE
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The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
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E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
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giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the
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terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.
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G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
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and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.
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H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.
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I. Preserve the section entitled "History", and its title, and add to
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it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and
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publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If
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there is no section entitled "History" in the Document, create one
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stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as
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given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified
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Version as stated in the previous sentence.
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J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for
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public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise
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the network locations given in the Document for previous versions
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it was based on. These may be placed in the "History" section.
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You may omit a network location for a work that was published at
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least four years before the Document itself, or if the original
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publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.
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K. In any section entitled "Acknowledgements" or "Dedications",
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preserve the section's title, and preserve in the section all the
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substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
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and/or dedications given therein.
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L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
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unaltered in their text and in their titles. Section numbers
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or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.
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M. Delete any section entitled "Endorsements". Such a section
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may not be included in the Modified Version.
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N. Do not retitle any existing section as "Endorsements"
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or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.
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If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
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appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material
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copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all
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of these sections as invariant. To do this, add their titles to the
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list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice.
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These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.
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You may add a section entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains
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nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
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parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text has
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been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
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standard.
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You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a
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passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
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of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of
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Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or
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through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already
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includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or
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by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
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you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
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permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.
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The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License
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imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
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5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS
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You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
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License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified
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versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the
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Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and
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list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its
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license notice.
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The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
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multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
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copy. If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but
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different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
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adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original
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author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number.
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Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
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Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.
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In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled "History"
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in the various original documents, forming one section entitled
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"History"; likewise combine any sections entitled "Acknowledgements",
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and any sections entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections
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entitled "Endorsements."
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You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents
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License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in
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the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for
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verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects.
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You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute
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it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this
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License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all
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other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
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A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
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and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or
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distribution medium, does not as a whole count as a Modified Version
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of the Document, provided no compilation copyright is claimed for the
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compilation. Such a compilation is called an "aggregate", and this
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License does not apply to the other self-contained works thus compiled
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with the Document, on account of their being thus compiled, if they
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are not themselves derivative works of the Document.
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If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
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copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one quarter
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of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on
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covers that surround only the Document within the aggregate.
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Otherwise they must appear on covers around the whole aggregate.
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8. TRANSLATION
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Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
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distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4.
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Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
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permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
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translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
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original versions of these Invariant Sections. You may include a
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translation of this License provided that you also include the
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original English version of this License. In case of a disagreement
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between the translation and the original English version of this
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License, the original English version will prevail.
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9. TERMINATION
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You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except
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as expressly provided for under this License. Any other attempt to
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copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will
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parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this
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License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
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parties remain in full compliance.
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10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE
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The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions
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of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time. Such new
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versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
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differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. See
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http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/.
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Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number.
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If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this
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License "or any later version" applies to it, you have the option of
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of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the
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Free Software Foundation. If the Document does not specify a version
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number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not
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ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
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the License in the document and put the following copyright and
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license notices just after the title page:
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@smallexample
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Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the
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Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST.
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A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
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Free Documentation License".
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@end smallexample
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If you have no Invariant Sections, write "with no Invariant Sections"
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instead of saying which ones are invariant. If you have no
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Front-Cover Texts, write "no Front-Cover Texts" instead of
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"Front-Cover Texts being LIST"; likewise for Back-Cover Texts.
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If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
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recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
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free software license, such as the GNU General Public License,
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to permit their use in free software.
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@node Index, , GNU Free Documentation License , Top
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@unnumbered Index
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@printindex cp
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@tex
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% I think something like @colophon should be in texinfo. In the
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% meantime:
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\long\def\colophon{\hbox to0pt{}\vfill
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\centerline{The body of this manual is set in}
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\centerline{\fontname\tenrm,}
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\centerline{with headings in {\bf\fontname\tenbf}}
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\centerline{and examples in {\tt\fontname\tentt}.}
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\centerline{{\it\fontname\tenit\/} and}
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\centerline{{\sl\fontname\tensl\/}}
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\centerline{are used for emphasis.}\vfill}
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\page\colophon
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% Blame: doc@cygnus.com, 28mar91.
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@end tex
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@contents
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@bye
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