[Bug binutils/30684] New: readelf -s: support an option to display section names

[i at maskray dot me]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30684

            Bug ID: 30684
           Summary: readelf -s: support an option to display section names
           Product: binutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: i at maskray dot me
  Target Milestone: ---

I almost always prefer readelf -Ws to objdump -t for ELF symbol information as
the former presents all information without distortion. Certain symbol types
have strange output for objdump -t output, e.g. STT_SECTION=>'d',
STT_NOTYPE=>no particular character.

There is, however, one feature that objdump -t is better: it displays the
section name for a symbol defined relative to a section. readelf -Ws just
prints st_shndx, which is sometimes less readable.

I wonder whether readelf can add an option to change the "Ndx" column to
display section names instead.

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