Linker Bug or Design Intent (Absolute symbols in zero sized sections)

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "H" == H J Lu <hjl@lucon.org> writes:

 H> Convert section relative symbol to absolute shouldn't be a problem
 H> in most cases. If we know it may be a problem at link time, we can
 H> keep it section relative.

But what benefit is there in converting symbols from relative to
absolute?  It seems more logical to leave them alone, always.

	   paul