bfd/

	* elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_table): Reorder.  Add
	text_index_section and data_index_section.
	(struct elf_backend_data): Add elf_backend_init_index_section.
	(_bfd_elf_init_1_index_section): Declare.
	(_bfd_elf_init_2_index_sections): Declare.
	* elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_init_index_section): Define.
	(elfNN_bed): Init new field.
	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_omit_section_dynsym): Keep first tls
	section and text_index_section plus data_index_section.
	(_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Clear dynindx on omitted sections.
	(_bfd_elf_init_1_index_section): New function.
	(_bfd_elf_init_2_index_sections): New function.
	(bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Call elf_backend_init_index_section.
	(elf_link_input_bfd): When emitting relocs, use text_index_section
	and data_index_section for removed sections.
	* elf-m10300.c (elf_backend_omit_section_dynsym): Define.
	* elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-m32r.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-xstormy16.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-mmix.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-ia64.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Use text_index_section
	and data_index_section sym for relocs against sections with no dynamic
	section sym.
	(elf_backend_init_index_section): Define.
	* elf32-cris.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-hppa.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-i370.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-m68k.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-mips.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-ppc.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-s390.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-sparc.c: Similarly.
	* elf32-vax.c: Similarly.
	* elf64-mips.c: Similarly.
	* elf64-ppc.c: Similarly.
	* elf64-s390.c: Similarly.
	* elf64-sparc.c: Similarly.
	* elf64-x86-64.c: Similarly.
	* elfn32-mips.c: Similarly.
	* elfxx-mips.c: Similarly.
	* elfxx-sparc.c: Similarly.
	* linker.c (fix_syms): Base symbols in removed sections on
	previous section in preference to using absolute section.

ld/
	* ldlang.c (strip_excluded_output_sections): Do strip sections
	that define syms, but don't ignore them.
	* ld.texinfo (Output Section Discarding): Revise.
	* emultempl/armcoff.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Always call
	finish_default.

ld/testsuite/
	Update for section sym changes.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-vax.c b/bfd/elf32-vax.c
index fe8ea03..2572b68 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-vax.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-vax.c
@@ -1680,9 +1680,21 @@ elf_vax_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 			{
 			  asection *osec;
 
+			  /* We are turning this relocation into one
+			     against a section symbol.  It would be
+			     proper to subtract the symbol's value,
+			     osec->vma, from the emitted reloc addend,
+			     but ld.so expects buggy relocs.  */
 			  osec = sec->output_section;
 			  indx = elf_section_data (osec)->dynindx;
-			  BFD_ASSERT (indx > 0);
+			  if (indx == 0)
+			    {
+			      struct elf_link_hash_table *htab;
+			      htab = elf_hash_table (info);
+			      osec = htab->text_index_section;
+			      indx = elf_section_data (osec)->dynindx;
+			    }
+			  BFD_ASSERT (indx != 0);
 			}
 
 		      outrel.r_info = ELF32_R_INFO (indx, r_type);
@@ -2062,6 +2074,7 @@ elf_vax_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 					elf_vax_adjust_dynamic_symbol
 #define elf_backend_size_dynamic_sections \
 					elf_vax_size_dynamic_sections
+#define elf_backend_init_index_section	_bfd_elf_init_1_index_section
 #define elf_backend_relocate_section	elf_vax_relocate_section
 #define elf_backend_finish_dynamic_symbol \
 					elf_vax_finish_dynamic_symbol