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From:	Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject:	s_nlnno - number of line number entries in a section and its use by DJGPP
Date:	Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:27:05 -0800 (PST)
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Some time ago I have implemented a DJGPP specific support
to cope with the overflow of s_nreloc (number of relocation
entries) and s_nlnno (number of line number entries).
The need to handle s_nreloc overflow is clear but I have
never found a case where s_nlnno had a value different of
zero, no matter if I used the "-g" flag or not and no
matter if the .c file itself had more than 65536 lines or
not.  This gives the impression to me that DJGPP does not
use s_nlnno at all.  If this is the case then there is no
need for the s_nlnno specific changes I have done to BFD
and I can remove them the next time a binutils or gdb port
is produced.  Of course the changes required to handle
s_nreloc overflow will remain.
Can someone with more BFD and COFF inside clarify this
question.

TIA,
Juan M. Guerrero

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