Re: bfd 2.10.90: Handle R_MIPS_REL32 relocations correctly

[Ulf Carlsson <ulfc at calypso dot engr dot sgi dot com>]

Hi Maciej,

 > > Thanks for the patch.  Do you have a testcase for this as well?  I do
 > > have ld crashes when I compile with gcc 2.96.  It seems like it could
 > > be the same problem since it doesn't happen with shared libraries, but
 > > with executables.  However, this patch doesn't solve it.  I'll look at
 > > it myself now.
 > 
 >  Basically any reference from executable's .data section to a .text object
 > defined within a shared library.  For example:
 > 
 > #include <stdlib.h>
 > void (*myfree)(void *) = free;
 > 
 > int main(void)
 > {
 > 	return 0;
 > }
 > 
 >  I use gcc 2.95.2, so your problem might actually be different.

I tried this on both 2.91.66 and 2.96 that I have installed and I
didn't experience any problems.

Ulf