diff -r 000000000000 -r eeea35fbf182 patches/binutils/2.15.91.0.2/binutils-dup-sections.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/binutils/2.15.91.0.2/binutils-dup-sections.patch	Sat Feb 24 11:00:05 2007 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+See http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-08/msg00256.html
+
+Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:13:43 -0400
+From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
+To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
+Subject: Re: Handle SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS for arm-linux
+Message-ID: <20040821011342.GA30319@nevyn.them.org>
+Mail-Followup-To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
+References: <20040818145518.GA9774@nevyn.them.org> <20040819055040.GA11820@lucon.org> <20040819080034.GE21716@bubble.modra.org> <20040820173240.GA17678@nevyn.them.org> <20040821003737.GB16016@bubble.modra.org>
+In-Reply-To: <20040821003737 dot GB16016 at bubble dot modra dot org>
+
+On Sat, Aug 21, 2004 at 10:07:38AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
+> On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:32:40PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
+> > Thanks.  How's this?
+> 
+> As you might have guessed from my rather slack review of your previous
+> patch, I trust you enough to give the OK without proper review.  But
+> since you asked...  :)
+
+Checked in as so.
+
+-- 
+Daniel Jacobowitz
+
+[ rediffed against binutils-2.15.91.0.2, with some elbow grease ]
+
+2004-08-20  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@debian.org>
+
+	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_section_already_linked): Handle
+	SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS.
+--- binutils-2.15.91.0.2/bfd/elflink.c.old	2004-07-27 21:36:08.000000000 -0700
++++ binutils-2.15.91.0.2/bfd/elflink.c	2004-08-26 06:38:07.000000000 -0700
+@@ -9359,6 +9359,35 @@
+ 		  (_("%s: %s: warning: duplicate section `%s' has different size\n"),
+ 		   bfd_archive_filename (abfd), name);
+ 	      break;
++	    case SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS:
++	      if (sec->size != l->sec->size)
++		(*_bfd_error_handler)
++		  (_("%B: duplicate section `%A' has different size\n"),
++		   bfd_archive_filename (abfd), sec);
++	      else if (sec->size != 0)
++		{
++		  bfd_byte *sec_contents, *l_sec_contents;
++
++		  if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, sec, &sec_contents))
++		    (*_bfd_error_handler)
++		      (_("%B: warning: could not read contents of section `%A'\n"),
++		       bfd_archive_filename (abfd), sec);
++		  else if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (l->sec->owner, l->sec,
++							&l_sec_contents))
++		    (*_bfd_error_handler)
++		      (_("%B: warning: could not read contents of section `%A'\n"),
++		       bfd_archive_filename(l->sec->owner), l->sec);
++		  else if (memcmp (sec_contents, l_sec_contents, sec->size) != 0)
++		    (*_bfd_error_handler)
++		      (_("%B: warning: duplicate section `%A' has different contents\n"),
++		       bfd_archive_filename (abfd), sec);
++
++		  if (sec_contents)
++		    free (sec_contents);
++		  if (l_sec_contents)
++		    free (l_sec_contents);
++		}
++	      break;
+ 	    }
+ 
+ 	  /* Set the output_section field so that lang_add_section