Hi guys, While working on getting weak symbol support to work, I ran into an unrelated problem. I should mention it's unrelated because it also happens from my unpatched Oct 1 snapshot. When compiling this sample program: #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Test to see if this compiles\n"); return 0; } I get this listing from objdump with binutils 2.9.1: main.o: file format coff-go32 SYMBOL TABLE: [ 0](sec -2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 103) (nx 1) 0x00000000 main.c File [ 2](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 6) (nx 0) 0x00000000 gcc2_compiled. [ 3](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 6) (nx 0) 0x00000000 ___gnu_compiled_c [ 4](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000000 .text AUX scnlen 0x38 nreloc 2 nlnno 0 [ 6](sec 2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000038 .data AUX scnlen 0x0 nreloc 0 nlnno 0 [ 8](sec 3)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000038 .bss AUX scnlen 0x0 nreloc 0 nlnno 0 [ 10](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x00000020 _main [ 11](sec 0)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x00000000 _printf Note the number just to the left of .data and .bss. Now here's the objdump from the Oct 1 binutils 2.10 snapshot: main1.o: file format coff-go32 SYMBOL TABLE: [ 0](sec -2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 103) (nx 1) 0x00000000 main1.c File [ 2](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 6) (nx 0) 0x00000000 gcc2_compiled. [ 3](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 6) (nx 0) 0x00000000 ___gnu_compiled_c [ 4](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000000 .text AUX scnlen 0x38 nreloc 2 nlnno 0 [ 6](sec 2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000000 .data AUX scnlen 0x0 nreloc 0 nlnno 0 [ 8](sec 3)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 3) (nx 1) 0x00000000 .bss AUX scnlen 0x0 nreloc 0 nlnno 0 [ 10](sec 1)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x00000020 _main [ 11](sec 0)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x00000000 _printf Note that .data and .bss are zero. When main.c is compiled and linked with 2.9.1, it prints the message. When main.c is compiled and linked with the 2.10 snapshot, sometimes nothing happens, other times the program crashes. Like I said, I'm sure it isn't the changes I made I used the Oct 1 snapshot as it without any of my patches. Mark -- Mark E. snowball3@usa.net http://members.xoom.com/snowball3/