[PATCH] Prevent ld segementation fault

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Dec 16 15:42:00 GMT 2004


Hi Martin,

> Can something like the following patch be applied to the CVS?
> (All it does, is to print a default value, if abfd is NULL).

Yes it can and in fact yes it has been.

> Or is there a better solution to fix this problem?

In theory users of vinfo() should check before passing a NULL BFD, but 
that is no reason for vinfo() itself not being able to cope gracefully 
with the problem.

Cheers
   Nick




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