* syms.c (_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol): New function.

	* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nosymbols_make_empty_symbol): Define as
	_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* libbfd.h: Regenerate.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* hppabsd-core.c (hppabsd_core_make_empty_symbol): Delete function.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symtab_upper_bound): Don't define.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symtab): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_print_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symbol_info): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_bfd_is_local_label_name): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_get_lineno): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_find_nearest_line): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_bfd_make_debug_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_read_minisymbols): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_minisymbol_to_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_vec): Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS (_bfd_nosymbols).
	Formatting fixes.
	* hpux-core.c: Similarly.
	* irix-core.c: Similarly.
	* osf-core.c: Similarly.
	* sco5-core.c: Similarly.
	* binary.c (binary_make_empty_symbol): Remove function, define as
	_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* ihex.c (ihex_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* mmo.c (mmo_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* ppcboot.c (ppcboot_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* srec.c (srec_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* versados.c (versados_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* vms.c (_bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol): Remove.
	(vms_make_empty_symbol): Define as _bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* vms-gsd.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_gsd): Call bfd_make_empty_symbol
	rather than _bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol.
	* vms-misc.c (new_symbol): Likewise.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/syms.c b/bfd/syms.c
index 03c41a5..9ec9dd8 100644
--- a/bfd/syms.c
+++ b/bfd/syms.c
@@ -496,6 +496,31 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
+	_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol
+
+SYNOPSIS
+	asymbol *_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol (bfd *);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+	Create a new <<asymbol>> structure for the BFD @var{abfd}
+	and return a pointer to it.  Used by core file routines,
+	binary back-end and anywhere else where no private info
+	is needed.
+*/
+
+asymbol *
+_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol (abfd)
+     bfd *abfd;
+{
+  bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (asymbol);
+  asymbol *new = (asymbol *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+  if (new)
+    new->the_bfd = abfd;
+  return new;
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
 	bfd_make_debug_symbol
 
 DESCRIPTION