Index: elflink.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
retrieving revision 1.282
diff -u -p -r1.282 elflink.c
--- elflink.c	12 Oct 2007 16:25:21 -0000	1.282
+++ elflink.c	15 Oct 2007 22:21:31 -0000
@@ -8786,7 +8786,10 @@ _bfd_elf_check_kept_section (asection *s
     {
       if ((kept->flags & SEC_GROUP) != 0)
 	kept = match_group_member (sec, kept, info);
-      if (kept != NULL && sec->size != kept->size)
+      /* The kept section may have been relaxed; compare its original size.  */
+      if (kept != NULL
+	  && (elf_section_data (sec)->this_hdr.sh_size
+	      != elf_section_data (kept)->this_hdr.sh_size))
 	kept = NULL;
       sec->kept_section = kept;
     }