Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Wed Feb 24 11:05:29 GMT 2021

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Prior to 89753bbf8102 ("Warn when a script redefines a symbol") there
was no diagnostic at all. As of that commit, it's a warning, not an
error.

ld/
2021-02-XX  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

	* ld.texi (PROVIDE): Downgrade "error" to "diagnostic".

--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -4447,8 +4447,8 @@ SECTIONS
 @end smallexample
 
 In this example, if the program defines @samp{_etext} (with a leading
-underscore), the linker will give a multiple definition error.  If, on
-the other hand, the program defines @samp{etext} (with no leading
+underscore), the linker will give a multiple definition diagnostic.  If,
+on the other hand, the program defines @samp{etext} (with no leading
 underscore), the linker will silently use the definition in the program.
 If the program references @samp{etext} but does not define it, the
 linker will use the definition in the linker script.

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