Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 1999 12:00:17 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: .align directives in libc.a
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On Sun, 18 Jul 1999, Mark E. wrote:

> > > I counted the number of .bss .data and .text sections in libc.a
> > > (nm libc.a | grep .text | wc -l etc.) and ended up with 2123 sections but a
> > After playing with the binutils in CVS this weekend, I don't think this is 
> > right. 'nm' prints symbols and what you're seeing are the symbols 
> 
> I'm definitely not in the zone today. What I said is somewhat true but 
> ultimately incorrect. Sorry for wasting your time. 

Did you see anything in your testing that would contradict the
conclusion, namely, that configuring Binutils with a 16-byte default
alignment of sections would not cause too much waste?

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