patches/binutils/2.38/binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch

   1 --- binutils.orig/bfd/elf.c     2018-10-19 11:42:10.107277490 +0100
   2 +++ binutils-2.31.1/bfd/elf.c   2018-10-19 11:44:33.607105801 +0100
   3 @@ -830,7 +830,13 @@ setup_group (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shd
   4         }
   5      }
   6
   7 -  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL)
   8 +  if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL
   9 +      /* OS specific sections might be in a group (eg ARM's ARM_EXIDX section)
  10 +        but they will not have been added to the group because they do not
  11 +        have contents that the ELF code in the BFD library knows how to
  12 +        process.  This is OK though - we rely upon the target backends to
  13 +        handle these sections for us.  */
  14 +      && hdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
  15      {
  16        /* xgettext:c-format */
  17        _bfd_error_handler (_("%pB: no group info for section '%pA'"),
  18 @@ -936,7 +942,8 @@ _bfd_elf_setup_sections (bfd *abfd)
  19           else if (idx->shdr->bfd_section)
  20             elf_sec_group (idx->shdr->bfd_section) = shdr->bfd_section;
  21           else if (idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_RELA
  22 -                  && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL)
  23 +                  && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL
  24 +                  && idx->shdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
  25             {
  26               /* There are some unknown sections in the group.  */
  27               _bfd_error_handler