[PATCH, RFC] Fix _bfd_elf_provide_symbols for weak imports

[H. J. Lu]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 08:31:34PM +0100, Julian Brown wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patch fixes running __libc_{init,fini}_array (for 
> .{init,fini}_array sections) with Newlib. The symbols 
> __init_array_{start,end} etc. are imported as weak in Newlib, which 
> conflicts with (I think) this change to use 
> gld${EMULATION_NAME}_provide_bound_symbols rather than a linker script, 
> to provide such symbols:
> 
>   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2005-03/msg00688.html
> 
> Without the patch, the symbols resolved to zero, which stops static 
> object construction/destruction from working. This affects the current 
> csl-arm-branch gcc (and also soon mainline for the ARM EABI target, with 
> a patch that is currently blocked on this problem).
> 
> Tested on arm-none-eabi with cross and with all targets on 
> i686-pc-linux-gnu.
> 
> OK to apply?
> 
> Julian
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 
> bfd/
> 
>   * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_provide_symbol): Provide symbol for weak import.

Where is the patch?


H.J.