Creating an absolute BFD given a relocateable BFD.

[Frank Steltz]

My name is Frank Steltz. I have Cygwin and its sources.
>
>I purchased a copy of the Cygnus Support book "LIB BFD, The
>Binary File Descriptor Library".  I am trying to create an absolute output
>BFD from a relocateable input BFD of the same TARGET type.  I have tried to
>reset the bfd->xvec->object_flag bit for HAS_RELOC. I have tried to reset
>the bfd->xvec->section_flag bit for SEC_RELOC. I have tried to reset the
>reset the bfd->flags bit for HAS_RELOC and I have tried to reset the reset
>the section->flags bit for SEC_RELOC.
>
>No mater what I do in end up with relocations in the output.  Can you give
>me any words of wisdom?
My name is Frank Steltz. I have Cygwin and its sources.
>
>I purchased a copy of your book "LIB BFD, The
>Binary File Descriptor Library".  I am trying to create an absolute output
>BFD from a relocateable input BFD of the same TARGET type.  I have tried to
>reset the bfd->xvec->object_flag bit for HAS_RELOC. I have tried to reset
>the bfd->xvec->section_flag bit for SEC_RELOC. I have tried to reset the
>reset the bfd->flags bit for HAS_RELOC and I have tried to reset the reset
>the section->flags bit for SEC_RELOC.
>
>No mater what I do in end up with relocations in the output.  Can you give
>me any words of wisdom?