ChangeLog

2026-09-27:  David Anderson
    commit c3c2297ed0e071f7dfe60639ce8a2d3bfd8e89f9

            modified:   README.md
    Now v2.3.2
            modified:   configure.ac
            new file:   src/dwarf_elf_naming.h
    Better string handling.
    Used extensively in libdwarf.
            new file:   src/dwarf_string.c
            new file:   src/dwarf_string.h

2026-09-27:  David Anderson
    commit 0b2cd21da13e3c80b874c295b6e663960df53f71

    Baseline changes to match latest improvements.
            modified:   test/comprelad.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelad32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat32.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab32.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab32.x.base
            modified:   test/test001.base
            modified:   test/test017.base
            modified:   test/test019.base
            modified:   test/test020.base
            modified:   test/test021.base
            modified:   test/test028.base

2026-09-27:  David Anderson
    commit ec2130a0e47af5f806fab99563c403e276c17c6c

    Improving and clarifying handling of bit flag printing code.
            modified:   src/Makefile.am
            modified:   src/dwarf_elf_naming.c
            modified:   src/dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   src/readelfobj.c
            modified:   src/readelfobj.h

2026-06-17:  David Anderson
    commit 0f8ad593d86560f14f7604778893d756d395e930

    Remove useless check, the not_ascii loop
    will immediately stop.
            modified:   dwarf_machoread.c

2026-06-17:  David Anderson
    commit 63cb5fed505772c6b9d2cc527c0d2555b271d615

    Up to date.
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-06-17:  David Anderson
    commit 101d560cb66dfc7dae80eb2021d3608374d7f1a0

    Revised the error code to DW_DLE_MACHO_CORRUPT_SECTIONDETAILS
    to match libdwarf.
            modified:   dwarf_64machoread.c
            modified:   dwarf_machoread.c
            modified:   dwarf_reading.h

2026-05-26:  David Anderson
    commit 16cc6605a33835ef7d23babf0750952c5df625a2

    Up to date with git log
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-26:  David Anderson
    commit 01a2760633967a3d60fe3570ff5f088264f22ccf

    Added checks on section type vs. section name.
    Capitalized first word (after ERROR:)
    in some error messages.
            modified:   readelfobj.c
    baselines reflect the small changes.
            modified:   ../test/test024.base
            modified:   ../test/test025.base
            modified:   ../test/test028.base

2026-05-25:  David Anderson
    commit 012b39f6599447376468500af24f7c7c0013d696

    Slight changes in output required
    updates of these baselines.
            modified:   test/comprelad.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelad32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat32.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab32.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab32.x.base
            modified:   test/test003.base
            modified:   test/test004.base
            modified:   test/test005.base
            modified:   test/test006.base
            modified:   test/test017.base
            modified:   test/test019.base
            modified:   test/test020.base
            modified:   test/test021.base
            modified:   test/test024.base
            modified:   test/test025.base
            modified:   test/test028.base
            modified:   test/test029.base
            modified:   test/test030.base

2026-05-25:  David Anderson
    commit 1f4a7d814731ee4493e52d482dd6c90c0f569192

    Now supports two new options: --v (long format
    section header output)
    and --vs (hex dump of section header strings section).
            modified:   src/readelfobj.c
            modified:   test/Makefile.am
            new file:   test/test036.base
            new file:   test/test036.sh

2026-05-25:  David Anderson
    commit 91f5b78209508132d8784e43e9070cda822a29a7

    Previous output changes required updating
    baselines.
            modified:   ../test/comprelad.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelad32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelaf.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelaf32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelal.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelal32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelar.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelar32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelat.x.base
            modified:   ../test/comprelat32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/compshstrtab.x.base
            modified:   ../test/compshstrtab32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/compsymtab.x.base
            modified:   ../test/compsymtab32.x.base
            modified:   ../test/test001.base
            modified:   ../test/test003.base
            modified:   ../test/test004.base
            modified:   ../test/test005.base
            modified:   ../test/test006.base
            modified:   ../test/test017.base
            modified:   ../test/test019.base
            modified:   ../test/test020.base
            modified:   ../test/test021.base
            modified:   ../test/test028.base
            modified:   ../test/test029.base
            modified:   ../test/test030.base

2026-05-25:  David Anderson
    commit 616ddf3579bc77011f750f0ff01ef4cad8fe0569

    Does a better job of printing section names
    and adds "" around them.
    Fixes bug in sanitized.c and adds
    expand_to_n() function to make the basic section list
    correspond well to the titles in that output.
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
            modified:   sanitized.c
            modified:   sanitized.h

2026-05-18:  David Anderson
    commit 9101343d0cfc6830ae90f22b6a168adeec1731b1

    Update EI_ and EM_ defines to match latest Elf gabi.
            modified:   readelfobj.h

2026-05-17:  David Anderson
    commit 990b1ddf176726cb588528d49b20d194e20d1a7b

    Hints on solving a problem including/linking
    libz or zstd on some OS versions.
            modified:   README.md

2026-05-15:  David Anderson
    commit aa01e9acb3678c954c1444127012a491671bea30

    Up to date with git log.
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-15:  David Anderson
    commit b2cea17386db3099a2ac6bd0cdde7e5369b9ce87

    Added extra for zstd library checking.
            modified:   configure.ac

2026-05-14:  David Anderson
    commit ee0caebbcf0270635b4ac3efec8cd50cf8ae0dff

    Now has "yyy" instead of the true sourcedir
    of the tests, making it possible to verify
    machines/systems with very different base directory
    paths.
            modified:   test/comprelad.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelad32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelaf32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelal32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelar32.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat.x.base
            modified:   test/comprelat32.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compshstrtab32.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab.x.base
            modified:   test/compsymtab32.x.base

    Corrrected the script to work properly.
            modified:   test/test035comp.sh

    Added comments  on how this works.
            modified:   test/testdiff.py

2026-05-13:  David Anderson
    commit e16a86c53c5343b23fca26df0aa33788680c5deb

    For Macos need to provide Elf SHF_COMPRESS and
    ELFCOMPRESS_ZLIB and ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD
    (if missing) to avoid unnecessary difficulty.
            modified:   ../src/readelfobj.c
            modified:   ../src/readelfobj.h

2026-05-13:  David Anderson
    commit 3f56840f96a73c9e9bd1308e303b139914433fd9

    Up to date with git log.
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-13:  David Anderson
    commit 9dc667fd59997e7299e5f8dad80bd2bf449943af

    Alter some error warning messages for spelling,
    completeness, and clarity.
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
    Remove trailing spaces, fix too-long lines.
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
    New baseline given messages changes.
            modified:   ../test/test028.base

2026-05-13:  David Anderson
    commit 10f922822efa111147f93eb5488e4740bf429323

    Printf had a missing format for section number, 32bit
    Elf. Compile failed.
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c

2026-05-10:  David Anderson
    commit 7804aa8fe481c57e8faa93ba2df89500dec678e2

    Up to date.
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-10:  David Anderson
    commit c72fb9f88a4384d8e8f4cc00eb73ce3db4cd1199

    Now counts good/fail.
            modified:   test035comp.sh

    No longer needed, folded into  test035comp.sh
            deleted:    test043comp.base
            deleted:    test043comp.sh

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit cb87f076359ea4ae58647301ae2ca72f707e1f51

    Up to date with fixes to tests
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit 6c9511cdbac2a9f3d5a8b30de0f69aad48a218e2


    Another now 32bit
            new file:   compstrtab32.x

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit fe5be2dcbc27ef4d68d9bb417425a2e8b3304b62

            modified:   README
    Now really 32bit.
            modified:   comprelad32.x
            modified:   comprelad32.x.base
            modified:   comprelaf32.x
            modified:   comprelaf32.x.base
            modified:   comprelal32.x
            modified:   comprelal32.x.base
            modified:   comprelar32.x
            modified:   comprelar32.x.base
            modified:   comprelat32.x
            modified:   comprelat32.x.base
            modified:   compshstrtab32.x
            modified:   compshstrtab32.x.base
            modified:   compsymtab32.x
            modified:   compsymtab32.x.base
            new file:   hello32.x

            new file:   hello.x
    Obsolete baselines
            deleted:    test036comp.base
            deleted:    test036comp.sh
            deleted:    test037comp.base
            deleted:    test037comp.sh
            deleted:    test038comp.base
            deleted:    test038comp.sh
            deleted:    test039comp.base
            deleted:    test039comp.sh
            deleted:    test040comp.base
            deleted:    test040comp.sh
            deleted:    test041comp.base
            deleted:    test041comp.sh
            deleted:    test042comp.base
            deleted:    test042comp.sh

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit 350b32b26c90afb1cd92ae0cf62356246d574912

    Up to date with git log
            modified:   ChangeLog

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit dece0b08efcd5079f07a903da3ead195d693f6b8

    Version 2.3.1
    We mention the new regressiontesting of 32 and 64bit
    section compression in NEWS and README.md.
            modified:   NEWS
            modified:   README.md
            modified:   configure.ac

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit 7aff17f44254e2283f2af4864090f7ece7547f38

    Now cleans and creates release appropriately.
            modified:   test/Makefile.am

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit 1ceb43e755c1008fd354694ccf69927e52c079ba

    For the new tests: object files with various sections
    compressed
            new file:   comprelad32.x
            new file:   comprelaf32.x
            new file:   comprelal32.x
            new file:   comprelar32.x
            new file:   comprelat32.x
            new file:   compshstrtab32.x
            new file:   compsymtab32.x

2026-05-09:  David Anderson
    commit 24892aba0d987e4b7b275fe95c3297a7736887a4

    Fixed bug introduced in removing #if 0
            modified:   ../src/dwarf_elf_decompress.c
    For all the new compression tests
            modified:   Makefile.am

            new file:   comprelad.x.base
            new file:   comprelad32.x.base
            new file:   comprelaf.x.base
            new file:   comprelaf32.x.base
            new file:   comprelal.x.base
            new file:   comprelal32.x.base
            new file:   comprelar.x.base
            new file:   comprelar32.x.base
            new file:   comprelat.x.base
            new file:   comprelat32.x.base
            new file:   compshstrtab.x.base
            new file:   compshstrtab32.x.base
            new file:   compsymtab.x.base
            new file:   compsymtab32.x.base
            deleted:    test035comp.base
            modified:   test035comp.sh

2026-05-04:  David Anderson
    commit a86cc5be73e5a0e002990a1fe966702cd1d7abc1

    Fixed mention of email for libdwarf, the name
    changed slightly a couple years ago.
            modified:   configure.ac

2026-05-04:  David Anderson
    commit b76f42cd3f732a610209c6be341541eb109c0d64

    Tiny change so a build with --enable-decompression=no
    succeeds.
            modified:   src/dwarf_load_elf_headers.c

2026-05-04:  David Anderson
    commit 0bb8c82508a2f139364ff742adada810da07a357

    Adding exiting ChangeLog2024 and 2025 to the files
    to put in a release.
            modified:   Makefile.am

2026-05-04:  David Anderson
    commit 1c3e8f69002560f88119e0438e493f9aa2802054

    Now just 2026.
            modified:   ChangeLog
    Earlier changes now here.
            new file:   ChangeLog2025

2026-05-04:  David Anderson
    commit 0f4df40767a9437f74c69f5399fc1ee14c066f3d

    Squashed commit of the following:
    Implementing support for compressed section contents
    of all sections of interest (we ignore some sections).

    commit 15286116c55f4655c5060057d8a0b943475f9b9b
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Mon May 4 10:27:43 2026 -0700

        The .o names fall foul of a .gitignore rule, so renaming
            modified:   Makefile.am
            new file:   comprelad.x
            new file:   comprelaf.x
            new file:   comprelal.x
            new file:   comprelar.x
            new file:   comprelat.x
            new file:   compshstrtab.x
            new file:   compstrtab.x
            new file:   compsymtab.x
        Updated per the name changes.
            modified:   test036comp.sh
            modified:   test037comp.sh
            modified:   test038comp.sh
            modified:   test039comp.sh
            modified:   test040comp.sh
            modified:   test041comp.sh
            modified:   test042comp.sh
            modified:   test043comp.sh

    commit 8310268cfd98b6b3eefab2a810dfffd02d43fc86
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Mon May 4 10:17:12 2026 -0700

        test cases (new)
            modified:   test/Makefile.am
            new file:   test/comphello
            new file:   test/test035comp.base
            new file:   test/test035comp.sh
            new file:   test/test036comp.base
            new file:   test/test036comp.sh
            new file:   test/test037comp.base
            new file:   test/test037comp.sh
            new file:   test/test038comp.base
            new file:   test/test038comp.sh
            new file:   test/test039comp.base
            new file:   test/test039comp.sh
            new file:   test/test040comp.base
            new file:   test/test040comp.sh
            new file:   test/test041comp.base
            new file:   test/test041comp.sh
            new file:   test/test042comp.base
            new file:   test/test042comp.sh
            new file:   test/test043comp.base
            new file:   test/test043comp.sh

    commit e50e0b32a1011fe90a8e28483dda5fbed9fca3b7
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Mon May 4 09:37:34 2026 -0700

        The test for relations section to be a multiple of the size
        of one record are now moved to after the decompression.
        Works right now.
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c

    commit b7833a524d7b7cb0e8bd7f46aec0541e7450004b
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Sun May 3 10:46:00 2026 -0700

        Some naming revised (of pointers).
        Completed setup of dynamic section setup
        Fixed a failure to free some data.
        Avoid duplicate setup of the section strings section.
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c

    commit a17fc36498a38eb74b92c639305dfc94c41b2342
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Sat May 2 11:56:04 2026 -0700

        efining the data printed about symtab st_shndx for
        completeness and clarity.
        src/readelfobj.c

        Correct the handling of symboltable entries.
        src/dwarf_load_elf_headers.c

        Correct a comment.
        src/dwarf_elf_naming.c

        Add PCONDITION comment and
        POSTCONDITION comment for code clarity.
        src/dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   src/dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   src/dwarf_elf_naming.c
            modified:   src/dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   src/readelfobj.c

        Baseline updates to match improvements above.
            modified:   test/test005.base
            modified:   test/test017.base
            modified:   test/test019.base
            modified:   test/test020.base
            modified:   test/test021.base

    commit c12b0eb2ff9605a1af7bf17d2255e1649fc3c4bf
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri May 1 15:46:24 2026 -0700

        Removed #if 0 leftovers from debugging.
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c

    commit 0c53396c90c6902305e6a7baf148224297a39224
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri May 1 14:32:56 2026 -0700

        Updating to current output.
            modified:   ../test/test017.base
            modified:   ../test/test019.base
            modified:   ../test/test020.base
            modified:   ../test/test021.base
            modified:   ../test/test026.base
            modified:   ../test/test027.base
            modified:   ../test/test028.base
            modified:   ../test/test029.base

    commit ef14464bf38e2a6dbff75e0d6c2fb30b4d99d3bd
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri May 1 14:32:29 2026 -0700

        Provide a default section namestring of ""
        for Elf section zero.
            modified:   readelfobj.c

    commit c6155edad63ef81e9716b89f10181da830062527
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri May 1 14:17:23 2026 -0700

        Fixed mistake in secnum iteration. Starting from one.
            modified:   readelfobj.c

    commit f1be7106c1ade967a5469062ed250ab0d5704e72
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri May 1 13:58:47 2026 -0700

        Does more sections properly (including relocs)
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
        Better data and ordering difference of reports.
        And more complete.
            modified:   ../test/test004.base

    commit 86ecb06136165576c712a3e20afb5b902d2e1ba3
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Thu Apr 30 15:49:05 2026 -0700

        Now basic things work properly.
        More needed.
            modified:   dwarf_debuglink.c
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
            modified:   readelfobj.h

    commit 0652e02748995ea961f7ffe1cc092570064a5f4c
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Tue Apr 28 15:07:50 2026 -0700

        Not yet working Major revamp to handle more
        valid Elf
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
            modified:   readelfobj.h

    commit eb049dd78cdb5fc0c0dea3d7910c72e2edb0e88d
    Author: David Anderson <davea42@linuxmail.org>
    Date:   Fri Apr 24 10:58:32 2026 -0700

        Does at least one compressed string section properly.
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   readelfobj.c
            modified:   readelfobj.h
            modified:   ../test/test028.base

2026-04-22:  David Anderson
    commit 8457822afe0cc1aa38ddcde2d9b9ad483641fede

    Compiles now. DO NOT USE THIS COMMIT
    not complete.
    Decompressing sh strings section.
            modified:   ../README.md
            modified:   ../configure.ac
            modified:   Makefile.am
            modified:   dwarf_debuglink.c
            modified:   dwarf_debuglink.h
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            modified:   dwarf_elf_decompress.h
            modified:   dwarf_load_elf_headers.c
            modified:   dwarf_object_detector.c
            modified:   dwarf_reading.h
            modified:   readelfobj.h

2026-04-19:  David Anderson
    commit 318b20b661095e9d7d6ec6d0b324706b11a367bb

    Beginning support for decompression
            new file:   src/dwarf_elf_decompress.c
            new file:   src/dwarf_elf_decompress.h

2026-04-19:  David Anderson
    commit 6605d342bd2b912f1c5d468b44027e209b9b4e9f

    Adding segment name to sections reports
            modified:   readobjmacho.c
    Updated expected result to match the output format change
            modified:   ../test/test009m.base
            modified:   ../test/test031m.base
            modified:   ../test/test032m.base

2026-02-24:  David Anderson
    commit d91633864630e3faf871fd370e0115d748ca3bc7

    We were incorrectly multiplying
    sizeofcmds by number of commands.
    Apple's header was unclear, but
    it is now clearer that sizeofcmds
    stands alone.

            modified:   dwarf_64machoread.c
            modified:   dwarf_machoread.c
            modified:   ../test/test009m.base
            modified:   ../test/test031m.base
            modified:   ../test/test032m.base