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Re: [patch] gas: MIPS64/ELF: Another RELA problem

From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
To: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: 12 Jun 2002 21:39:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [patch] gas: MIPS64/ELF: Another RELA problem
References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020612143054.1806C-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl><1023922575.2102.24.camel@ghostwheel.cygnus.com>

Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com> writes:

> >  BTW, this whole bfd_install_relocation() and add/subtract twice
> > implementation seems seriously broken for me.  It was already discussed
> > here a few times.  I can't recall reasons for not fixing it properly
> > before, but maybe it's now the right time to do so?  Or do we want to
> > carry the broken code forever? 
> > 
> 
> I'd be a big fan of fixing it, I don't know what the problems were
> either. Hopefully Ian or Richard do and will speak up.

I certainly agree that it should be fixed.  It's just that fixing it
would be a real pain, and so far nobody has been willing to undergo
the suffering (including me).  My brief suggestions on how to fix it
are in bfd/doc/bfdint.texi.

Ian

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