2003-09-18 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Allow type change if
	the old symbol is undefined and the new symbol is defined.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a7ead7e..49cfb2b 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Allow type change if
+       the old symbol is undefined and the new symbol is defined.
+
 2003-09-18  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
        * simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Use

diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index d53571d..58acc14 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -962,12 +962,16 @@ _bfd_elf_merge_symbol (bfd *abfd,
   /* It's OK to change the type if either the existing symbol or the
      new symbol is weak unless it comes from a DT_NEEDED entry of
      a shared object, in which case, the DT_NEEDED entry may not be
-     required at the run time.  */
+     required at the run time. The type change is also OK if the
+     old symbol is undefined and the new symbol is defined.  */
 
   if ((! dt_needed && oldweakdef)
       || oldweakundef
       || newweakdef
-      || newweakundef)
+      || newweakundef
+      || (newdef
+         && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+             || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)))
     *type_change_ok = TRUE;
 
   /* It's OK to change the size if either the existing symbol or the