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Transformations of Stabs in separate sections
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   For object file formats using stabs in separate sections (Note: Stab
Sections), use `objdump --stabs' instead of `nm' to show the stabs in
an object or executable file.  `objdump' is a GNU utility; Sun does not
provide any equivalent.

   The following example is for a stab whose value is an address is
relative to the compilation unit (Note: ELF Linker Relocation).  For
example, if the source line

     static int ld = 5;

   appears within a function, then the assembly language output from the
compiler contains:

     .Ddata.data:
     ...
             .stabs "ld:V(0,3)",0x26,0,4,.L18-Ddata.data    # 0x26 is N_STSYM
     ...
     .L18:
             .align 4
             .word 0x5

   Because the value is formed by subtracting one symbol from another,
the value is absolute, not relocatable, and so the object file contains

     Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value  n_strx String
     31     STSYM  0      4      00000004 680    ld:V(0,3)

   without any relocations, and the executable file also contains

     Symnum n_type n_othr n_desc n_value  n_strx String
     31     STSYM  0      4      00000004 680    ld:V(0,3)