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Re: BFD ELF symtab strtab section header ordering

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: Carl van Schaik <carl@cog.systems>, "binutils at sourceware dot org" <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 14:11:41 +0100
Subject: Re: BFD ELF symtab strtab section header ordering
References: <MEAPR01MB22312933C3FAC237935A8BEDD57D0@MEAPR01MB2231.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com>

Hi Carl,

> if (elf_elfsections (abfd)[elf_onesymtab (abfd)]->sh_link == shindex)
> 
> where elf_onesymtab (abfd) returns 0, since it hasn't been initialized yet due to the one-pass handling of sections.
> 
> Is this by design, or a bug/feature?

It is a bug.  Please could you report it here:

  https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=binutils

If you can include a an example file the reproduces the problem
that would be a great help.

Cheers
  Nick

References:
- BFD ELF symtab strtab section header ordering
  - From: Carl van Schaik

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