bfd

* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Correct
	comment.

gas
	* config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_weak): Set auxiliary record
	of NT weak externals to IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-17  Danny Smith  <dannysmith@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section): Correct
+	comment.
+
 2005-08-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_define_linkage_sym): Don't call

bfd/cofflink.c

@@ -2937,9 +2937,11 @@ _bfd_coff_generic_relocate_section (bfd *output_bfd,
 		     Note that weak symbols without aux records are a GNU
 		     extension.
 		     FIXME: All weak externals are treated as having
-		     characteristics IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_LIBRARY (2).
-		     There are no known uses of the other two types of
-		     weak externals.  */
+		     characteristic IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY (1).
+		     These behave as per SVR4 ABI:  A library member
+		     will resolve a weak external only if a normal
+		     external causes the library member to be linked.
+		     See also linker.c: generic_link_check_archive_element. */
 		  asection *sec;
 		  struct coff_link_hash_entry *h2 =
 		    input_bfd->tdata.coff_obj_data->sym_hashes[

gas/config/obj-coff.c

@@ -1093,7 +1093,7 @@ obj_coff_weak (int ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
          the value of the weak symbol itself.  */
       S_SET_STORAGE_CLASS (symbolP, C_NT_WEAK);
       S_SET_NUMBER_AUXILIARY (symbolP, 1);
-      SA_SET_SYM_FSIZE (symbolP, IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_LIBRARY);
+      SA_SET_SYM_FSIZE (symbolP, IMAGE_WEAK_EXTERN_SEARCH_NOLIBRARY);
 
       alternateP = symbol_find_or_make (weak_name2altname (name));
       S_SET_EXTERNAL (alternateP);