[new patch] Re: Reloc BUG in as

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Mikulas Patocka <mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> writes:

> I created this patch - it handles that situation correctly. I don't see a
> reason why pcrel should be discarded when you process difference of 2
> symbols in the same segment. Maybe it breaks something else - the person
> who wrote this part of code should check the patch.
> 
> --- gas/write.c_	Fri Mar  2 15:33:45 2001
> +++ gas/write.c	Fri Mar  2 17:04:35 2001

Changes to write.c need to be handled with great care.  They affect
all gas targets, and need to be tested on all gas targets.

That patch is clearly going to change the behaviour on other targets.
That doesn't mean that it is wrong.  It does mean that it needs to be
tested.

Ian