* elf.c (special_sections_s): Revert last STRING_COMMA_LEN change

	for .stabstr entry, explain why.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d2a392f..16d81db 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-17  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+       * elf.c (special_sections_s): Revert last STRING_COMMA_LEN change
+       for .stabstr entry, explain why.
+
 2006-09-17  Anton Blanchard  <anton@samba.org>
            Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 83bfcef..8ce0933 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -2374,7 +2374,9 @@ static const struct bfd_elf_special_section special_sections_s[] =
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN (".shstrtab"), 0, SHT_STRTAB, 0 },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN (".strtab"),   0, SHT_STRTAB, 0 },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN (".symtab"),   0, SHT_SYMTAB, 0 },
-  { STRING_COMMA_LEN (".stabstr"),  3, SHT_STRTAB, 0 },
+  /* See struct bfd_elf_special_section declaration for the semantics of
+     this special case where .prefix_length != strlen (.prefix).  */
+  { ".stabstr",                        5,  3, SHT_STRTAB, 0 },
   { NULL,                       0,  0, 0,          0 }
 };