On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:10:54AM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote: > Source: diffoscope > Version: 43 > Severity: normal > > When comparing ELF files, the following commands are used: > - readelf --all > - readelf --debug-dump > - objdump --disassemble --full-contents > > objdump --disassemble --full-contents is actually redundant in itself. For > example, it will dump both an hexdump and a disassembly of the .text section. > It's also redundant with the output of readelf --debug-dump because it does an > hexdump of the .debug_* sections that readelf --debug-dump does a dwarf dump > of.
objdump --disassemble --full-contents also outputs a dump of e.g. .note.gnu.build-id, which is printed out in nicer form in readelf --all. Mike
