Generate an error message if a section cannot be found for a symbol.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6d96a71d842715e606dd256c1241bd4bc3ef6b44..85bffb4ccc07b7281cabb24df2f0446af818ab7f 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+2003-02-07  Nick Clifton  <[email protected]>
+
+       * elf.c (swap_out_syms): Generate an error message if an
+       equivalent output section cannot be found for a symbol.
+
 2003-02-07  Jakub Jelinek  <[email protected]>
 
        * elf64-alpha.c (elf64_alpha_relax_section): Don't crash if
        local_got_entries is NULL.
 
+
 2003-02-06  Andreas Schwab  <[email protected]>
 
        * elf-eh-frame.c (get_DW_EH_PE_signed): Define.

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index be0025d0a4d0a489f377fdd0e9cc39443a826faf..e4b90cf971a7955abe4341e48e6e802de64089ec 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -5309,7 +5309,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
       symtab_shndx_hdr->sh_entsize = sizeof (Elf_External_Sym_Shndx);
     }
 
-  /* now generate the data (for "contents") */
+  /* Now generate the data (for "contents").  */
   {
     /* Fill in zeroth symbol and swap it out.  */
     Elf_Internal_Sym sym;
@@ -5375,6 +5375,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
              value += sec->output_offset;
              sec = sec->output_section;
            }
+
          /* Don't add in the section vma for relocatable output.  */
          if (! relocatable_p)
            value += sec->vma;
@@ -5426,7 +5427,16 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
                     section of a symbol to be a section that is
                     actually in the output file.  */
                  sec2 = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, sec->name);
-                 BFD_ASSERT (sec2 != 0);
+                 if (sec2 == NULL)
+                   {
+                     _bfd_error_handler (_("\
+Unable to find equivalent output section for symbol '%s' from section '%s'"),
+                                         syms[idx]->name ? syms[idx]->name : "<Local sym>",
+                                         sec->name);
+                     bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);      
+                     return FALSE;
+                   }
+  
                  shndx = _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, sec2);
                  BFD_ASSERT (shndx != -1);
                }
@@ -5447,7 +5457,7 @@ swap_out_syms (abfd, sttp, relocatable_p)
       if (syms[idx]->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)
        type = STT_TLS;
 
-      /* Processor-specific types */
+      /* Processor-specific types.  */
       if (type_ptr != NULL
          && bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)
        type = ((*bed->elf_backend_get_symbol_type)