Note that output section data commands can only appear inside output section

descriptions and not between them.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index cb0e2573c7f97a1aba8bb3016147622f2118f9ce..36bd2dbd8066f602181ebd81a849d475ab1d10af 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-04-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+       * ld.texinfo (Output Section Data): Add note that section data
+       commands cannot appear outside of section directives.
+
 2000-04-2  Matthew Green  <mrg@cygnus.com>
 
        * configure.tgt: Add NetBSD/sparc ELF, and NetBSD/sparc64 support.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index c9d0fc6c73563a227da0627070dcff6627355ba5..e8c11d9544cdd0cb91c27a7ba3f04e1d92790fa6 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -2486,6 +2486,16 @@ When the object file format does not have an explicit endianness, as is
 true of, for example, S-records, the value will be stored in the
 endianness of the first input object file.
 
+Note - these commands only work inside a section description and not
+between them, so the following will produce an error from the linker:
+@smallexample
+SECTIONS @{@ .text : @{@ *(.text) @}@ LONG(1) .data : @{@ *(.data) @}@ @}@
+@end smallexample
+whereas this will work:
+@smallexample
+SECTIONS @{@ .text : @{@ *(.text) ; LONG(1) @}@ .data : @{@ *(.data) @}@ @}@
+@end smallexample
+
 @kindex FILL(@var{expression})
 @cindex holes, filling
 @cindex unspecified memory