(md_apply_fix3): Handle the case where a .byte directive generates a

pc-relative relocation.

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 512b58c24bda3b4480b34a4b3e6c611b0e591ebb..dc47f4d0d1df2183bf9d6350ece2d89fdf15d229 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-12-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix3): Handle the case where a
+       .byte directive generates a pc-relative relocation.
+
 2003-12-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
             Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 

diff --git a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
index f4cf41937037c31ff0ecba3b2112abae9f111a2d..86daea0a3694630dea5d892c8eb1b4ef38fee25e 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-ppc.c
@@ -5899,10 +5899,19 @@ md_apply_fix3 (fixP, valP, seg)
 
        case BFD_RELOC_8:
          if (fixP->fx_pcrel)
-           abort ();
-
-         md_number_to_chars (fixP->fx_frag->fr_literal + fixP->fx_where,
-                             value, 1);
+           {
+             /* This can occur if there is a bug in the input assembler, eg:
+                ".byte <undefined_symbol> - ."  */
+             if (fixP->fx_addsy)
+               as_bad (_("Unable to handle reference to symbol %s"),
+                       S_GET_NAME (fixP->fx_addsy));
+             else
+               as_bad (_("Unable to resolve expression"));
+             fixP->fx_done = 1;
+           }
+         else
+           md_number_to_chars (fixP->fx_frag->fr_literal + fixP->fx_where,
+                               value, 1);
          break;
 
        case BFD_RELOC_24_PLT_PCREL: