Set SEC_EXCLUDE flag on sections which become empty after merging.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-04  Bryce McKinlay  <bryce@mckinlay.net.nz>
+
+	* merge.c (_bfd_merge_sections): Set SEC_EXCLUDE flag on sections
+	which become empty after merging.
+
 2003-09-30  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* elfxx-ia64.c (ia64_howto_table): Fix size of R_IA64_TPREL64[LM]SB,

bfd/merge.c

@@ -787,11 +787,14 @@ _bfd_merge_sections (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, void *xsinfo,
 	  secinfo->sec->_cooked_size = size;
 	}
 
-	/* Finally shrink all input sections which have not made it into
+	/* Finally remove all input sections which have not made it into
 	   the hash table at all.  */
 	for (secinfo = sinfo->chain; secinfo; secinfo = secinfo->next)
 	  if (secinfo->first == NULL)
+	    {
 	      secinfo->sec->_cooked_size = 0;
+	      secinfo->sec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
+	    }
     }
 
   return TRUE;