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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c16
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6d96a71..85bffb4 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+2003-02-07 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * elf.c (swap_out_syms): Generate an error message if an
+ equivalent output section cannot be found for a symbol.
+
2003-02-07 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Don't crash if
local_got_entries is NULL.
+
2003-02-06 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de>
* elf-eh-frame.c (get_DW_EH_PE_signed): Define.
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index be0025d..e4b90cf 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -5309,7 +5309,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
symtab_shndx_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Sym_Shndx);
}
- /* now generate the data (for "contents") */
+ /* Now generate the data (for "contents"). */
{
/* Fill in zeroth symbol and swap it out. */
Elf_Internal_Sym sym;
@@ -5375,6 +5375,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
value += sec->output_offset;
sec = sec->output_section;
}
+
/* Don't add in the section vma for relocatable output. */
if (! relocatable_p)
value += sec->vma;
@@ -5426,7 +5427,16 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
section of a symbol to be a section that is
actually in the output file. */
sec2 = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, sec->name);
- BFD_ASSERT (sec2 != 0);
+ if (sec2 == NULL)
+ {
+ _bfd_error_handler (_("\
+Unable to find equivalent output section for symbol '%s' from section '%s'"),
+ syms[idx]->name ? syms[idx]->name : "<Local sym>",
+ sec->name);
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
shndx = _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, sec2);
BFD_ASSERT (shndx != -1);
}
@@ -5447,7 +5457,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
if (syms[idx]->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)
type = STT_TLS;
- /* Processor-specific types */
+ /* Processor-specific types. */
if (type_ptr != NULL
&& bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)
type = ((*bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)