diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi binutils-2.29.1/binutils/doc/binutils.texi

--- binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2017-11-01 11:44:12.360707737 +0000

+++ binutils-2.29.1/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2017-11-01 11:45:38.702652255 +0000

@@ -4661,8 +4661,13 @@ given.

 @itemx --all

 Equivalent to specifying @option{--file-header},

 @option{--program-headers}, @option{--sections}, @option{--symbols},

-@option{--relocs}, @option{--dynamic}, @option{--notes} and

-@option{--version-info}.

+@option{--relocs}, @option{--dynamic}, @option{--notes},

+@option{--version-info}, @option{--arch-specific}, @option{--unwind},

+@option{--section-groups} and @option{--histogram}.

+

+Note - this option does not enable @option{--use-dynamic} itself, so

+if that option is not present on the command line then dynamic symbols

+and dynamic relocs will not be displayed.

 @item -h

 @itemx --file-header

@@ -4758,6 +4763,9 @@ When displaying symbols, this option mak

 symbol hash tables in the file's dynamic section, rather than the

 symbol table sections.

+When displaying relocations, this option makes @command{readelf}

+display the dynamic relocations rather than the static relocations.

+

 @item -x <number or name>

 @itemx --hex-dump=<number or name>

 Displays the contents of the indicated section as a hexadecimal bytes.

diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c binutils-2.29.1/binutils/readelf.c

--- binutils.orig/binutils/readelf.c	2017-11-01 11:44:12.357707774 +0000

+++ binutils-2.29.1/binutils/readelf.c	2017-11-01 11:45:11.901979878 +0000

@@ -7117,7 +7117,21 @@ process_relocs (FILE * file)

 	}

       if (! found)

-	printf (_("\nThere are no relocations in this file.\n"));

+	{

+	  /* Users sometimes forget the -D option, so try to be helpful.  */

+	  for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE (dynamic_relocations); i++)

+	    {

+	      if (dynamic_info [dynamic_relocations [i].size])

+		{

+		  printf (_("\nThere are no static relocations in this file."));

+		  printf (_("\nTo see the dynamic relocations add --use-dynamic to the command line.\n"));

+

+		  break;

+		}

+	    }

+	  if (i == ARRAY_SIZE (dynamic_relocations))

+	    printf (_("\nThere are no relocations in this file.\n"));

+	}

     }

   return TRUE;