(frag_now_fix): In absolute_section, return abs_section_offset.
* subsegs.c (subseg_change): If switching to absolute_section,
just set now_seg and now_subseg.
(subseg_set_rest): Special handling when switching to or from
absolute_section.
* read.h (mri_comon_symbol): Declare.
(s_mri_common): Declare.
* read.c (mri_line_label): New static variable.
(mri_common_symbol): New global variable.
(potable): Add "common" and "common.s".
(read_a_source_file): In MRI mode, set mri_line_label for a label
at the start of a line.
(s_mri_common): New function.
(s_space): Handle mri_common_symbol.
* symbols.c (colon): Change return value from void to symbolS *,
and return new symbol. If mri_common_symbol is set, attach the
new symbol to it.
(resolve_symbol_value): Handle an sy_mri_common symbol.
* symbols.h (colon): Change return value in declaration.
* subsegs.c (subseg_set_rest): Clear mri_common_symbol.
(subseg_set (both versions)): Likewise.
* frags.c (frag_more): Warn if mri_common_symbol is not NULL.
* write.c (adjust_reloc_syms): Skip sy_mri_common symbols.
(write_object_file): Discard sy_mri_common symbols.
(fixup_segment): Change relocations against sy_mri_common symbols
to be against the common symbol itself.
* config/obj-coff.c (yank_symbols): Discard sy_mri_common symbols.
(fixup_segment): Change relocations against sy_mri_common symbols
to be against the common symbol itself.
* config/obj-aout.c (obj_crawl_symbol_chain): Discard
sy_mri_common symbols.
Ian Lance Taylor
K. Richard Pixley