Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michael S Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C23 thoughts and opinions Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 18:03:45 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: <20240530180345.00003d9f@yahoo.com> References: <00297443-2fee-48d4-81a0-9ff6ae6481e4@gmail.com> <87msoh5uh6.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87y18047jk.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87msoe1xxo.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87ikz11osy.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <20240530170836.00005fa0@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:03:35 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="da80087394b39f0dc93ab771f1b9ace1"; logging-data="1754093"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/JBWic5KLPOwdoXgFeH9ChWUibKk5JOsk=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:ANTBypnItlTTuKCRTjzxa0DBkEM= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.19.1 (GTK+ 2.24.33; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 2336 On Thu, 30 May 2024 15:48:39 +0100 bart wrote: > > Where do the _binary_logo_bmp_start and ...-size symbols come from? > That is, how do they get into the object file. > objcopy generates names of the symbols from the name of input binary file. I would think that it is possible to change these symbols to something else, but I am not sure that it is possible withing the same invocation of objcopy. It certainly is possible with a second pass. Lawrence probably can give more authoritative answer. Or as a last resort you can RTFM.