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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-04-07 08:07:08 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2009-04-07 08:07:08 +0000
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* ld.texinfo (Output Section Address): Note that specifying an
address for an output section will only change the location counter if the output section is used.
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diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index b968af6..c0f3b61 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-04-07 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo (Output Section Address): Note that specifying an
+ address for an output section will only change the location
+ counter if the output section is used.
+
2009-04-06 Kazu Hirata <kazu@codesourcery.com>
* ldfile.c (ldfile_find_command_file): Initialize result.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index a7169d9..37c36b0 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -3643,7 +3643,8 @@ This works because @code{ALIGN} returns the current location counter
aligned upward to the specified value.
Specifying @var{address} for a section will change the value of the
-location counter.
+location counter, provided that the section is non-empty. (Empty
+sections are ignored).
@node Input Section
@subsection Input Section Description