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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>,  libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] elf: Synchronize <elf.h> section header flags with binutils
Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:03:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y2i9hfx4.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a88a4e6b-7eda-6a70-5c8a-61081646e864@redhat.com> (Nick Clifton's message of "Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:00:42 +0000")

* Nick Clifton:

> Hi Guys,
>
>> But is it really taken or was that just an experiment? A followup
>> commit (05ed43104e) seems to imply the flag is never actually emitted.
>> If it is actually taken and used having the precise semantics
>> documented seems to be essential.
>> Nick, do you know what is going on here? Both patches are yours.
>
> It was an experiment.  And it is no longer needed, although I would
> not mind if it stayed around.  But if it makes things simpler then
> please do remove it from it from elf.h.

Okay.  Nick, can you remove it from binutils first?

Thanks,
Florian
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  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-07 14:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-03 13:19 Florian Weimer
2020-12-03 13:24 ` H.J. Lu
2020-12-03 13:38 ` Mark Wielaard
2020-12-03 13:45   ` Florian Weimer
2020-12-03 13:59     ` Mark Wielaard
2020-12-07 14:00       ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-07 14:03         ` Florian Weimer [this message]
2020-12-07 16:19           ` Nick Clifton
2020-12-11 23:07             ` Mark Wielaard
2020-12-12  9:16               ` Florian Weimer

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