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Re: PATCH: Fix gold problem with weak undefined symbols
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:53:53 -0400
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Fix gold problem with weak undefined symbols
- References: <c17be2b30804011643v50eb7699j7c2902df8568a2a5@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 04:43:00PM -0700, Cary Coutant wrote:
> This patch fixes a problem in gold where it incorrectly generates a
> dynamic relocation for a reference to a weak undefined symbol, or for
> a reference to an absolute symbol.
>
> OK to commit?
Why is this really the right behavior? Is it what GNU ld does?
The description sounds very surprising...
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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