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Alan Modra wrote:On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 09:36:47PM +0200, John Marino wrote:It appears that exp_provide() function used there discards the symbols assigned "." and exp_assign() function does not.
No, the difference between exp_provide and exp_assign is that the former won't define the symbol unless it is referenced. So if you are expecting to see these symbols post-link, then you should reference them from object files or via -u command line options.
Ah, ok, I'll investigate where this file is built and see if we can handle it with an unmodified binutils and a change to the makefile.
Sometime between 2.17 and 2.20, the behavior changed with regards to symbol definition but I guess that happens from time to time.
Thanks, John
Regards, John
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