From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 17:01:22 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* config/tc-alpha.c (tc_gen_reloc): Output a sensible error
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	* config/tc-alpha.c (tc_gen_reloc): Output a sensible error
 	message if bfd_reloc_type_lookup fails, rather than calling
 	assert.
---

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 07bf67f4231..3cf66b30f07 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Wed Jun 19 11:31:50 1996  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* config/tc-alpha.c (tc_gen_reloc): Output a sensible error
+ 	message if bfd_reloc_type_lookup fails, rather than calling
+ 	assert.
+
 	* config/tc-alpha.c (alpha_force_relocation): Add
 	BFD_RELOC_12_PCREL to switch.
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
index 588041bc26e..a597dbc6262 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-alpha.c
@@ -442,7 +442,13 @@ tc_gen_reloc (sec, fixp)
     }
   else
     reloc->howto = bfd_reloc_type_lookup (stdoutput, fixp->fx_r_type);
-  assert (reloc->howto != 0);
+  if (reloc->howto == NULL)
+    {
+      as_bad_where (fixp->fx_file, fixp->fx_line,
+		    "cannot represent `%s' relocation in object file",
+		    bfd_get_reloc_code_name (fixp->fx_r_type));
+      return NULL;
+    }
   if (!fixp->fx_pcrel != !reloc->howto->pc_relative)
     {
       as_fatal ("internal error? cannot generate `%s' relocation",