RFC: linker enhancements

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:09:33PM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 07:27:51PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 10:23:00AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> > > Will you have all dirs converted over to current auto-tools?
> > 
> > Unlikely.
> 
> A pity.
> 
> > > I need to look at that mips problem too.
> > 
> > Which?
> 
> Index: bfd/elf.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elf.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.218
> diff -u -p -r1.218 elf.c
> --- bfd/elf.c	5 Mar 2004 11:26:04 -0000	1.218
> +++ bfd/elf.c	18 Mar 2004 10:14:34 -0000
> @@ -4255,9 +4255,7 @@ assign_file_positions_except_relocs (bfd
>  	      off = _bfd_elf_assign_file_position_for_section (hdr, off,
>  							       FALSE);
>  	    }
> -	  else if (hdr->sh_type == SHT_REL
> -		   || hdr->sh_type == SHT_RELA
> -		   || hdr == i_shdrpp[tdata->symtab_section]
> +	  else if (hdr == i_shdrpp[tdata->symtab_section]
>  		   || hdr == i_shdrpp[tdata->symtab_shndx_section]
>  		   || hdr == i_shdrpp[tdata->strtab_section])
>  	    hdr->sh_offset = -1;

Hey Alan,

Debian users have now run into this problem on both Alpha and ARM
targets, trying to strip shared libraries.  GOTO-san was kind enough to
test the patch on Alpha, and it fixes the problem there also.  Do you
think this patch is OK, or is there some other solution I should
investigate?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz