From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 18:56:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* linker.c (generic_link_add_symbol_list): If symbol is common,
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c315696657d36cfab52129f14ff12436c8aa861d;p=binutils-gdb.git

	* linker.c (generic_link_add_symbol_list): If symbol is common,
	set the BSF_OLD_COMMON flag.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 13ff5f479b3..0e4ef7ee626 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Jan 27 13:54:08 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com)
+
+	* linker.c (generic_link_add_symbol_list): If symbol is common,
+	set the BSF_OLD_COMMON flag.
+
 Wed Jan 26 13:47:15 1994  David J. Mackenzie  (djm@thepub.cygnus.com)
 
 	* format.c (bfd_check_format_matches): Put the new entry in the
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index 2f3ac82aad2..f70f7994375 100644
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,14 @@ generic_link_add_symbol_list (abfd, info, symbol_count, symbols)
 		  || (bfd_get_section (p) != &bfd_und_section
 		      && (! bfd_is_com_section (bfd_get_section (p))
 			  || (bfd_get_section (h->sym) == &bfd_und_section))))
-		h->sym = p;
+		{
+		  h->sym = p;
+		  /* BSF_OLD_COMMON is a hack to support COFF reloc
+		     reading, and it should go away when the COFF
+		     linker is switched to the new version.  */
+		  if (bfd_is_com_section (bfd_get_section (p)))
+		    p->flags |= BSF_OLD_COMMON;
+		}
 	    }
 	}
     }