Re: [PATCH] Revise long section names coff extension handling for PE targets, take 2.

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Dave Korn
<dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dave Korn wrote:
>> H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>    Hi again,
>>>>
>>>>  Here's the revised version of the PE/COFF long section names patch that I
>>>> posted previously at
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-02/msg00136.html
>>> I assume it will fix:
>>>
>>> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7059
>>>
>>> Would you mind mentioning this PR in your ChangeLog?
>>
>>   I don't know, I certainly will if it fixes the bug; can you send me the
>> testcase in private email?
>
>  Well, I can't reproduce the original problem, even after rolling back both
> this patch and my previous one to fix the .reloc sections.  I notice the bug
> was reported against a fairly old version of as stamped 2.18.50.20080109, so
> it could have been fixed in CVS for potentially quite a long time.
>

I don't think it is fixed in CVS.  You can add a check/abort in coffcode.h to
verify if it is fixed. See

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-01/msg00043.html

for details.

-- 
H.J.