bfd

	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Correct
	comment.

gas
	* config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_weak): Set auxiliary record
	of NT weak externals to IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ed9ead4..7d0d5f3 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-17  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+       * cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Correct
+       comment.
+
 2005-08-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_define_linkage_sym): Don't call

diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index a99a5b3..151b1ff 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -2937,9 +2937,11 @@ _bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
                     Note that weak symbols without aux records are a GNU
                     extension.
                     FIXME: All weak externals are treated as having
-                    characteristics IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_LIBRARY (2).
-                    There are no known uses of the other two types of
-                    weak externals.  */
+                    characteristic IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY (1).
+                    These behave as per SVR4 ABI:  A library member
+                    will resolve a weak external only if a normal
+                    external causes the library member to be linked.
+                    See also linker.c: generic_link_check_archive_element. */
                  asection *sec;
                  struct coff_link_hash_entry *h2 =
                    input_bfd->tdata.coff_obj_data->sym_hashes[