- if ((best_symbol == NULL) ||
- (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (best_symbol) <
- SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi])))
+ /* Skip any absolute symbols. This is apparently what adb
+ and dbx do, and is needed for the CM-5. There are two
+ known possible problems: (1) on ELF, apparently end, edata,
+ etc. are absolute. Not sure ignoring them here is a big
+ deal, but if we want to use them, the fix would go in
+ elfread.c. (2) I think shared library entry points on the
+ NeXT are absolute. If we want special handling for this
+ it probably should be triggered by a special
+ mst_abs_or_lib or some such. */
+ while (hi >= 0
+ && msymbol[hi].type == mst_abs)
+ --hi;
+
+ if (hi >= 0
+ && ((best_symbol == NULL) ||
+ (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (best_symbol) <
+ SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (&msymbol[hi]))))