Original patch from: gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.9/1075_all_glibc-section-comments.patch

-= BEGIN original header =-
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-04/msg00665.html

fixes building on some architectures (like m68k/arm/cris/etc...) because
it does the right thing

-= END original header =-

diff -durN glibc-2_9.orig/include/libc-symbols.h glibc-2_9/include/libc-symbols.h
--- glibc-2_9.orig/include/libc-symbols.h	2006-11-09 16:57:12.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2_9/include/libc-symbols.h	2009-02-02 22:01:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -240,12 +240,12 @@
 #  define __make_section_unallocated(section_string)
 # endif
 
-/* Tacking on "\n\t#" to the section name makes gcc put it's bogus
+/* Tacking on "\n#APP\n\t#" to the section name makes gcc put it's bogus
    section attributes on what looks like a comment to the assembler.  */
 # ifdef HAVE_SECTION_QUOTES
-#  define __sec_comment "\"\n\t#\""
+#  define __sec_comment "\"\n#APP\n\t#\""
 # else
-#  define __sec_comment "\n\t#"
+#  define __sec_comment "\n#APP\n\t#"
 # endif
 # define link_warning(symbol, msg) \
   __make_section_unallocated (".gnu.warning." #symbol) \