Where to put per-target global BFD data ?

[Richard Henderson]

On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 10:41:18AM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
>   This fails however, when the output format is not the same as the
>   input format.

Yep.  I have the same problem in elf64-alpha. 
My stance at this point is "Don't Do That".

>   I am not sure how this can be fixed.  I think using the hash table
>   may not be the best way to store global information, because of this
>   problem, and that another solution needs to be found.

My solution would be to outlaw linking together different formats,
and that the output format must match the input format.  Diddling
different formats is what objcopy is for.



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