[Bug binutils/14136] New: I symbol missing in nm documentation

[marco.atzeri at gmail dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14136

             Bug #: 14136
           Summary: I symbol missing in  nm documentation
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.22
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
        AssignedTo: address@hidden
        ReportedBy: address@hidden
    Classification: Unclassified


I see on an npi (libmpi.dll.a) library

d002278.o:
00000000 i .idata$4
00000000 i .idata$5
00000000 i .idata$6
00000000 i .idata$7
00000000 t .text
         U __head_cygmpi_1_dll
00000000 I __imp__ompi_mpi_comm_world
00000000 I __nm__ompi_mpi_comm_world

but there is no "I" on the nm documentation :
---------------------------------------------------------------
"i" For PE format files this indicates that the symbol is in a
    section specific to the implementation of DLLs.  For ELF format
    files this indicates that the symbol is an indirect function.
    This is a GNU extension to the standard set of ELF symbol
    types.  It indicates a symbol which if referenced by a
    relocation does not evaluate to its address, but instead must
    be invoked at runtime.  The runtime execution will then return
    the value to be used in the relocation.

"N" The symbol is a debugging symbol.
---------------------------------------------------------------

on objdump documentation is reported:

I
i
    The symbol is an indirect reference to another symbol (I), a function to be
evaluated during reloc processing (i) or a normal symbol (a space). 

Could nm documentation be updated, please ?

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