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Re: [PATCH] [ELF] symbol sets handling
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: falemagn at studenti dot unina dot it, amodra at bigpond dot net dot au
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 07 Feb 2003 12:33:09 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] [ELF] symbol sets handling
- References: <Pine.OSF.4.30.0301301728310.169645-100000@studenti.unina.it>
Hi Fabio, Hi Alan,
> Fabio Alemagna writes:
>
> Here's a patch to elf32.em, which slightly changes the way symbol sets are
> handled. Basically, the patch serves to make the __start_<set> and
> __stop_<set> symbols be relative to the <set> section, rather than being
> absolute. This approach will make the -Ur option really useful, since
> absolute symbols are meaningless for relocatable executables (used by
> AROS, for instance), and it won't affect in any way the normal executables.
Is that true ? Won't converting the symbols to be section relative
mean that any loader which currently uses them will have to be
modified to take this into account ?
[cc'd Alan, since he wrote the original code].
Cheers
Nick