symbols.c (colon): Do not allow symbols to be created in the absolute section

if WORKING_DOT_WORD is not defined and new_broken_words would require a new
frag to be created.

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 9b4fb4be93ce76876eb0fabad6e120f196338c3a..1ba475db7a3a3fab092826dd68da9020505ea49d 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 2002-09-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * symbols.c (colon): Do not allow symbols to be created in the
-       absolute section.
+       absolute section if WORKING_DOT_WORD is not defined and
+       new_broken_words would require a new frag to be created.
 
 2002-09-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 

diff --git a/gas/symbols.c b/gas/symbols.c
index c84b5b3a00e045e3b88631419ea55cc673a24283..feed3592049963290c1ccc105d81656eba4d41f2 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/symbols.c
+++ b/gas/symbols.c
@@ -287,13 +287,7 @@ colon (sym_name)           /* Just seen "x:" - rattle symbols & frags.  */
 {
   register symbolS *symbolP;   /* Symbol we are working with.  */
 
-  if (now_seg == absolute_section)
-    {
-      as_bad (_("cannot define symbol `%s' in absolute section"), sym_name);
-      return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /* Sun local labels go out of scope whenever a non-local symbol is
+  /* Sun local labels go out of scope whenever a non-local symbol is
      defined.  */
   if (LOCAL_LABELS_DOLLAR)
     {
@@ -319,6 +313,13 @@ colon (sym_name)           /* Just seen "x:" - rattle symbols & frags.  */
 
       extern const int md_short_jump_size;
       extern const int md_long_jump_size;
+
+      if (now_seg == absolute_section)
+       {
+         as_bad (_("cannot define symbol `%s' in absolute section"), sym_name);
+         return NULL;
+       }
+      
       possible_bytes = (md_short_jump_size
                        + new_broken_words * md_long_jump_size);