From c4912c2414eceebef5c30bd504cb5c33c39d1c19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nickc <nickc>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:01:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (md_apply_fix3): Handle the case where a .byte directive
 generates a pc-relative relocation.

---
 gas/ChangeLog       |  5 +++++
 gas/config/tc-ppc.c | 17 +++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 512b58c24b..dc47f4d0d1 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-12-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Handle the case where a
+	.byte directive generates a pc-relative relocation.
+
 2003-12-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
             Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
index f4cf419370..86daea0a36 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
@@ -5899,10 +5899,19 @@ md_apply_fix3 (fixP, valP, seg)
 
 	case BFD_RELOC_8:
 	  if (fixP->fx_pcrel)
-	    abort ();
-
-	  md_number_to_chars (fixP->fx_frag->fr_literal + fixP->fx_where,
-			      value, 1);
+	    {
+	      /* This can occur if there is a bug in the input assembler, eg:
+	         ".byte <undefined_symbol> - ."  */
+	      if (fixP->fx_addsy)
+		as_bad (_("Unable to handle reference to symbol %s"),
+			S_GET_NAME (fixP->fx_addsy));
+	      else
+		as_bad (_("Unable to resolve expression"));
+	      fixP->fx_done = 1;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    md_number_to_chars (fixP->fx_frag->fr_literal + fixP->fx_where,
+				value, 1);
 	  break;
 
 	case BFD_RELOC_24_PLT_PCREL:
-- 
2.11.0