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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Shrink SHT_GROUP if its members are deleted"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46064">46064</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Shrink SHT_GROUP if its members are deleted
          </td>
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>tools
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        <tr>
          <th>Version</th>
          <td>trunk
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
          </td>
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Linux
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>enhancement
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>llvm-objcopy/strip
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>i@maskray.me
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>alexander.v.shaposhnikov@gmail.com, jake.h.ehrlich@gmail.com, jh7370.2008@my.bristol.ac.uk, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org, rupprecht@google.com
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        <pre>.section .foo,"aG",@progbits,foo,comdat
.section .bar,"aG",@progbits,foo,comdat

% as a.s -o a.o

% objcopy -R .foo a.o b.o; readelf -x .group b.o

Hex dump of section '.group':
  0x00000000 01000000 05000000                   ........

% llvm-objcopy -R .foo a.o b.o; readelf -x .group b.o

Hex dump of section '.group':
  0x00000000 01000000 05000000 05000000          ............


GNU objcopy used to write zeros for the deleted member but it changed to
decrease sh_size after
<a href="https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=415f38a6d04c239b62ef3b384eb8376e5838e8df">https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=415f38a6d04c239b62ef3b384eb8376e5838e8df</a></pre>
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