[PATCH] archives require a symbol table on Solaris, even if empty

[Davide Italiano via llvm-commits]

On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Danek Duvall via llvm-commits
<llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> I ran into this bug with the Solaris linker where ld (and some other tools
> that use the underlying utility libraries, such as elfdump) chokes on an
> archive library that has no symbol table.  Our tools always create one,
> even if it's empty.
>
> That bug has been fixed in the latest development line, and can probably be
> backported to a supported release, but it would be nice if LLVM's archiver
> could emit the empty symbol table, too.
>
> I've attached a patch that has been working for me in the context of the
> copy of LLVM in the Rust project, though I've regenerated the patch against
> SVN, just to be sure.
>
> Let me know if there's any other process I need to follow to get this patch
> landed.
>
> Thanks,
> Danek
>
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I have no strong objections about this, but I may miss something so,
cc:ing Rafael.

-- 
Davide

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