2005-01-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

* write.c (write_object_file): Disallow a symbol equated to
	common symbol.

gas/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-01-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* write.c (write_object_file): Disallow a symbol equated to
+	common symbol.
+
 2005-01-10  Inderpreet Singh <inderpreetb@noida.hcltech.com>
 
 	* tc-maxq.c: Replace constants 10 and 20 with bfd_mach_maxq10 and

gas/write.c

@@ -1917,6 +1917,9 @@ write_object_file (void)
              symbols.  */
 	  if (symbol_equated_reloc_p (symp))
 	    {
+	      if (S_IS_COMMON (symp))
+		as_bad (_("`%s' can't be equated to common symbol"),
+			S_GET_NAME (symp));
 	      symbol_remove (symp, &symbol_rootP, &symbol_lastP);
 	      continue;
 	    }