nm(1) -- what is 'r'?

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 03:31:12PM -0600, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-12 at 14:25 -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > Compiled libm.  Did 'nm catrig.o'.  Found the following:
> > 
> > 00000008 r pio2_lo
> > 00000000 r tiny
> > 
> > What is 'r' mean?  nm(1) lacks a description.
> > 
> 
> 'R' is for symbols in a read-only data section, and when it's lowercase
> that means it's a local symbol (all of which is in nm(1) but easy to
> overlook on a quick skim).
> 

Thanks.  It is indeed very easy to miss.  It seems elftoolchain's
nm.1 lacks a description of 'r' and the lowercase/uppercase convention.

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Steve
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