2001-06-08 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>

* elf.c (swap_out_syms): Keep names for global section symbols.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-06-08  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
+
+	* elf.c (swap_out_syms): Keep names for global section symbols.
+
 2001-06-07  H.J. Lu  <hjl@gnu.org>
 
 	* config.bfd: Put back ecoff for Linux/mips. Firmwares on some

bfd/elf.c

@@ -4394,9 +4394,9 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
 	flagword flags = syms[idx]->flags;
 	int type;
 
-	if ((flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM) != 0)
+	if ((flags & (BSF_SECTION_SYM | BSF_GLOBAL)) == BSF_SECTION_SYM)
 	  {
-	    /* Section symbols have no name.  */
+	    /* Local section symbols have no name.  */
 	    sym.st_name = 0;
 	  }
 	else
@@ -4505,7 +4505,12 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
           type = (*bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type) (&type_ptr->internal_elf_sym, type);
 
 	if (flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
+	  {
+	    if (flags & BSF_GLOBAL)
+	      sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO (STB_GLOBAL, STT_SECTION);
+	    else
 	      sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO (STB_LOCAL, STT_SECTION);
+	  }
 	else if (bfd_is_com_section (syms[idx]->section))
 	  sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO (STB_GLOBAL, type);
 	else if (bfd_is_und_section (syms[idx]->section))