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PR ld/6519 

* ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Mention that the linker will
        provide start and stop symbols for orphaned sections if their
        names are valid C identifiers.
        * NEWS: Add an addendum to the description of the linker feature
        for providing orphan section start and end symbols.
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2008-05-21 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR ld/6519
* ld.texinfo (Orphan Sections): Mention that the linker will
provide start and stop symbols for orphaned sections if their
names are valid C identifiers.
* NEWS: Add an addendum to the description of the linker feature
for providing orphan section start and end symbols.
2008-05-21 Maxim Kuvyrkov <maxim@codesourcery.com>
* configure.in (--enable-got): New option. Handle it.

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Changes in version 2.6:
* When an ELF section name is representable as a C identifier (this is not true
of most ELF section names), *and* the section is not explicitly handled by
the linker script (ie it is an orphaned section) then the linker will
automatically PROVIDE symbols __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where
SECNAME is the section name, at the beginning and the end of the section.
This is used by glibc.
of most ELF section names), the linker will automatically define symbols
__start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where SECNAME is the section name, at the
beginning and the end of the section. This is used by glibc.
Addendum: Current versions of the linker (at least for version 2.18 onwards
and possibly much earlier as well) place two restrictions on this feature: The
symbols are only implemented for orphaned sections, not for explicitly placed
sections and they are PROVIDEd rather than being defined.
* When an ELF section named .gnu.warning is encountered in an input file, the
contents of the section are displayed as an error message, and the section is