Section symbols not getting created. Bug? Is attached patch correct fix?

[John Marino]

Alan Modra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:36:47PM +0200, John Marino wrote:
>> It appears that exp_provide() function used there discards the
>> symbols assigned "." and exp_assign() function does not.
> 
> No, the difference between exp_provide and exp_assign is that the
> former won't define the symbol unless it is referenced.  So if you are
> expecting to see these symbols post-link, then you should reference
> them from object files or via -u command line options.
> 

Ah, ok, I'll investigate where this file is built and see if we can 
handle it with an unmodified binutils and a change to the makefile.

Sometime between 2.17 and 2.20, the behavior changed with regards to 
symbol definition but I guess that happens from time to time.

Thanks,
John