Re: (ld) bfd_abs_section in .rodata, but modified

[Petr Ledvina]

> > When I try to link against some absolute file(h8300-coff) using
> > --just-symbols=<absolute file>, ld crashes with segfault.

> You did not provide a test case, so it is hard to be sure that the
> patch below will fix this problem.
Sorry ... now is one attached ...

> I think that this should fix the problem.  Please could you give it a
> go and let me know.
Will not work. Output section is not null, it is pointing to
bfd_abs_section, which is read-only.

The patch attached solves my problem, but I know little of binutils
internals, so this patch is probably quite dirty.

Petr Ledvina
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binutils.patch
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