* elf.c (swap_out_syms): Check for null type_ptr.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9bdb4c3506a384bd7b67b0f32c09432034c51559..0afc0903b720c519f72f5c51cf08e6c4bee23a52 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-03-06  Catherine Moore  <clm@cygnus.com>
+
+       * elf.c (swap_out_syms):  Check for null type_ptr.
+
 2000-03-01  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
 
        * aout-target.h (MY(write_object_contents)): Remove unused

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index e4bcd219caa2b7b9763054c0e1852531be2cffa7..979061716967f7a575510096cde6139a0a121d29 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -4224,7 +4224,8 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
          type = STT_NOTYPE;
 
         /* Processor-specific types */
-        if (bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)
+        if (type_ptr != NULL
+           && bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)
           type = (*bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type) (&type_ptr->internal_elf_sym, type);
 
        if (flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)