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Re: Weak changes cause arm/NetBSD bootstrap failure.
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- To: Richard dot Earnshaw at buzzard dot freeserve dot co dot uk
- Cc: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 18:25:05 -0800
- Subject: Re: Weak changes cause arm/NetBSD bootstrap failure.
- References: <200203231120.g2NBK4O14308@buzzard.buzzard.freeserve.co.uk>
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 11:20:04AM +0000, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> How can a common symbol, which by definition is just a tentative
> allocation of space if there is no initialized alternative, be made weak?
Hum. There's nothing to prevent it in ELF, since binding is
independent of common. But I guess it doesn't really make
much sense...
r~