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[docs][llvm-objcopy][llvm-strip] Improve --strip-unneeded description
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Authored by jhenderson on Sep 13 2019, 5:43 AM.

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Behaviour was recently added to this switch to strip debug sections too. See rL369761.

This change makes the description for the --strip-unneeded switch consistent between the two docs.

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Looks good. The behavior was introduced in D66623.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Sep 13 2019, 6:04 AM

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	output, if they are local or undefined and are not required by any relocation.			output, if they are local or undefined and are not required by any relocation.
	In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading and			In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading and
	trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be specified			trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be specified
	multiple times to read names from multiple files.			multiple times to read names from multiple files.

	.. option:: --strip-unneeded			.. option:: --strip-unneeded

	Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by			Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by
	relocations.			relocations. Also remove all debug sections.

	.. option:: --version, -V			.. option:: --version, -V

	Display the version of this program.			Display the version of this program.

	COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS			COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
	---------------------			---------------------

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	.. option:: --strip-symbol <symbol>, -N			.. option:: --strip-symbol <symbol>, -N

	Remove all symbols named ``<symbol>`` from the output. Can be specified			Remove all symbols named ``<symbol>`` from the output. Can be specified
	multiple times to remove multiple symbols.			multiple times to remove multiple symbols.

	.. option:: --strip-unneeded			.. option:: --strip-unneeded

	Remove all local or undefined symbols that are not required by relocations.			Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by
				relocations. Also remove all debug sections.

	.. option:: --version, -V			.. option:: --version, -V

	Display the version of this program.			Display the version of this program.

	COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS			COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
	---------------------			---------------------

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