PATCH elf.c LP64 'comparsion is always false'

Andrey Petrov petrov@netbsd.org
Thu May 8 20:11:00 GMT 2003


This happens on LP64 platform (sparc64 in my case, but I think any).
The patch is trivial.

	Andrey


Index: elf.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.182
diff -u -p -r1.182 elf.c
--- elf.c       24 Apr 2003 17:19:37 -0000      1.182
+++ elf.c       8 May 2003 19:03:22 -0000
@@ -2365,9 +2365,9 @@ elf_fake_sections (abfd, asect, failedpt
 
   this_hdr = &elf_section_data (asect)->this_hdr;
 
-  this_hdr->sh_name = (unsigned long) _bfd_elf_strtab_add (elf_shstrtab (abfd),
+  this_hdr->sh_name = (unsigned int) _bfd_elf_strtab_add (elf_shstrtab (abfd),
                                                           asect->name, FALSE);
-  if (this_hdr->sh_name == (unsigned long) -1)
+  if (this_hdr->sh_name == (unsigned int) -1)
     {
       *failedptr = TRUE;
       return;



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