* syms.c (bfd_is_local_label): Return false if BSF_SECTION_SYM.
+2001-07-05 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
+
+ * syms.c (bfd_is_local_label): Return false if BSF_SECTION_SYM.
+
2001-07-05 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
* peicode.h (coff_swap_scnhdr_in): For sections containing
bfd *abfd;
asymbol *sym;
{
- if ((sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK)) != 0)
+ /* The BSF_SECTION_SYM check is needed for IA-64, where every label that
+ starts with '.' is local. This would accidentally catch section names
+ if we didn't reject them here. */
+ if ((sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK | BSF_SECTION_SYM)) != 0)
return false;
if (sym->name == NULL)
return false;