[PATCH] PR ld/19636: [x86] Resolve undefweak and defined symbols in executable

[Michael Matz]

Hi,

On Wed, 24 Feb 2016, H.J. Lu wrote:

> >> It is in the same boat as LD_DYNAMIC_WEAK in ld.so. If one wants the 
> >> old behavior, use -z dynamic-undefined-weak.
> >
> > That doesn't make sense to me.  Why should one suddenly have to use an 
> > option to get useful behaviour that one got since about forever 
> > before?
> 
> My change will make ld guarantees the consistent behavior, regardless 
> PIC or non-PIC.

As you keep repeating this, I'll do so as well: yes, and you resolved that 
consistency into the wrong direction, break PIC and non-PIC, instead of 
fixing both.  That makes no sense, just because there are broken 
circumstances should not make us break all others as well.


Ciao,
Michael.