diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 4e82cfcb97..eed019d9e4 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Mon Feb 21 11:41:18 1994  Ian Lance Taylor  (ian@cygnus.com)
 
+	* config/obj-coffbfd.c (write_object_file): use bfd_get_error (),
+	not bfd_error.
+	* config/obj-elf.c (elf_frob_file): Likewise.
+
+	* read.c (s_lcomm): Use an alignment power of 3 for 8 byte .lcomm
+	variables.
+
 	* config/ho-hpux.h (BROKEN_ASSERT): Define if not __GNUC__.
 
 	* read.c (read_a_source_file): Use correct arguments to memcpy
diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index 3390f46b04..440d6b98f9 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,9 @@ s_lcomm (needs_align)
    if (!needs_align)
      {
        /* FIXME. This needs to be machine independent. */
-       if (temp >= 4)
+       if (temp >= 8)
+	 align = 3;
+       else if (temp >= 4)
 	 align = 2;
        else if (temp >= 2)
 	 align = 1;