PR 338

* elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Add comment about
	changing bfd_link_hash_undefined to bfd_link_hash_new.
	* ldexp.c (fold_name): Don't call bfd_link_add_undef if the symbol
	was already on the undefs list.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	PR 338
+	* elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Add comment about
+	changing bfd_link_hash_undefined to bfd_link_hash_new.
+
 2004-08-17  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
 	* elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_get_synthetic_symtab): Only define

bfd/elflink.c

@@ -434,7 +434,12 @@ bfd_elf_record_link_assignment (bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 
   /* Since we're defining the symbol, don't let it seem to have not
      been defined.  record_dynamic_symbol and size_dynamic_sections
-     may depend on this.  */
+     may depend on this.
+     ??? Changing bfd_link_hash_undefined to bfd_link_hash_new (or
+     to bfd_link_hash_undefweak, see linker.c:link_action) runs the risk
+     of some later symbol manipulation setting the symbol back to
+     bfd_link_hash_undefined, and the linker trying to add the symbol to
+     the undefs list twice.  */
   if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak
       || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined)
     h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_new;

ld/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+	PR 338
+	* ldexp.c (fold_name): Don't call bfd_link_add_undef if the symbol
+	was already on the undefs list.
+
 2004-08-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* emultempl/ppc64elf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_new_vers_pattern): Dot

ld/ldexp.c

@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ fold_name (etree_type *tree,
 	    {
 	      h->type = bfd_link_hash_undefined;
 	      h->u.undef.abfd = NULL;
-	      bfd_link_add_undef (link_info.hash, h);
+	      if (h->und_next == NULL)
+		bfd_link_add_undef (link_info.hash, h);
 	    }
 	}
       break;