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Re: netbsd-core.c and bfd_make_section_anyway()
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at wasabisystems dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:34:03 +1030
- Subject: Re: netbsd-core.c and bfd_make_section_anyway()
- References: <20020105172808.M9599@dr-evil.shagadelic.org>
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 05:28:08PM -0800, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> broke handling of NetBSD core files. I suspect nearly all the other
> core file vectors you changed are broken now, too.
Thanks for testing and finding the problem so quickly.
> irix-core.c seems to work-around this by providing its own make_empty_symbol
> routine, and uding the _bfd_nosymbols versions for all the other symbol
> routines.
>
> Should all the core file vectors be changed to behave like the irix version?
> If so, I can supply a fix for netbsd-core.c.
Yes please. I think it's better to use the normal functions to create
sections.
Alan