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Subject: Re: Purpose of NULL SHN_ABS symbols for version script nodes?
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:44 AM Raul Tambre via Binutils
<binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> LLD side is unwilling to implement this feature due to lack of real-world use
> and its purpose having to be guessed at even by a binutils maintainer.
>
> Would there be willingness to accept a patch deprecating/removing this behaviour?
>
> The alternative of me trying to convince the Debian side (dpkg) to accept
> deprecation of this there or many packages remaining unbuildable with LLD
> doesn't seem great.

I believe this is a useful feature.

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H.J.