Document that the lower case 'c' character in nm's output is used to signify a small common.

PR 26662
	* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Document that 'c' is used for small
	common symbols.
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Nick Clifton
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2020-09-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 26662
* doc/binutils.texi (nm): Document that 'c' is used for small
common symbols.
2020-09-21 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy, strip): Say that

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behavior is system dependent.
@item C
@itemx c
The symbol is common. Common symbols are uninitialized data. When
linking, multiple common symbols may appear with the same name. If the
symbol is defined anywhere, the common symbols are treated as undefined
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For more details on common symbols, see the discussion of
--warn-common in @ref{Options,,Linker options,ld.info,The GNU linker}.
@end ifclear
The lower case @var{c} character is used when the symbol is in a
special section for small commons.
@item D
@itemx d