[RFA:] test-case for relocs for linkonce-excluded sections don't become zero, causing g++ EH failure

[Geoff Keating]

> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:13:01 +0200
> From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@axis.com>
> 
> I started this writeup as a bug report for gcc, but it turns out
> to be a bug in binutils.  Relocs for linkonce-excluded sections
> don't become zero, as gcc expects, and as happens in binutils
> 2.9.5/Debian 2.2, 2.9.5.0.22/RH 6.2 but not in "current" CVS for
> ix86 -- and worse, for CRIS too. ;-)  This bug should be fixed
> before 2.12 in all ports serving a gcc port using DWARF 2 EH, or
> people will not be able to use C++ and exceptions, or will be
> forced to configure gcc with --enable-sjlj-exceptions.

This was looked at earlier, and the conclusion that was generally
agreed was that ld's behaviour is correct, and that GCC should instead,
for functions in linkonce sections, also put their EH data in linkonce
sections.

See < http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-06/msg00413.html >
and the following thread.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>