[Bug binutils/24984] Objcopy -I binary --rename-section reserves space for input file, but doesn't include file's contents in .o file

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24984

--- Comment #4 from Grzegorz Antoniak <antonone+sourceware at gmail dot com> ---
Okay, I understand that ".bss" has a non-zero virtual size, and a zero physical
size (that means, there is no file data inside the file for this section).

But when I mark ".CustomData" as no-content, I'm ending up having the file
content in my executable file, consisting of 0x00 bytes. My binary has a ~500mb
size. Most of this space is assigned to a section which is marked as
no-content. So ".CustomData" has a non-zero virtual size and a non-zero
physical size while being marked as no-content.

Shouldn't ".CustomData" be build like ".bss" is built when I don't specify the
"content" flag? So, shouldn't it be just a section declaration in the section
header without the actual space reservation in the executable file? Because
currently the physical space reservation for this section exists in the file.

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