* ld.texinfo (Output Section Address): Note that specifying an

        address for an output section will only change the location
        counter if the output section is used.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index b968af66d6a08d74df2042e8b39914aa6790b36d..c0f3b61c5c42967fae62906894d3fefd4e484a70 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-04-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * ld.texinfo (Output Section Address): Note that specifying an
+       address for an output section will only change the location
+       counter if the output section is used.
+
 2009-04-06  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@codesourcery.com>
 
        * ldfile.c (ldfile_find_command_file): Initialize result.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index a7169d938f86ba2d69ad401ae3009e7f7abd07e4..37c36b007120c43a675a7fb6c72e3dac29d74b03 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -3643,7 +3643,8 @@ This works because @code{ALIGN} returns the current location counter
 aligned upward to the specified value.
 
 Specifying @var{address} for a section will change the value of the
-location counter.
+location counter, provided that the section is non-empty.  (Empty
+sections are ignored).
 
 @node Input Section
 @subsection Input Section Description