Michael Snyder wrote:

>josef ezra wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>
>>I'm trying to debug a symbol file that has no '.text' section. Unlike 5.0
>>version, the new SECT_OFF_TEXT(objfile) macro calls (no-return) internal
>>error and prevent the read.
>>
>>Should gdb work that way (requiring '.text' and '.data' sections)?
>>
>>If not, can we consider the first sections flagged 'SEC_CODE'/'SEC_DATA' as
>>substitutes? Or maybe better have a default 0/1 values (like 5.0)? Both
>>should work in my case.
>>
>
>I agree, gdb should not require .text and .data.  For one thing, 
>a simple embedded assembler program might have no initialized data.  
>For another, those segments might be called something else.
>

This patch will set objfile->sect_index_code/data index to the first 
section that contains CODE/DATA flag when no section was named 
'.text'/'.data'.

- jezra

bfd/ChangeLog:
* section.c (bfd_get_first_code_section): new function.
* section.c (bfd_get_first_data_section): new function.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerated via 'make headers'.

gdb/ChangeLog:
* symfile.c ( default_symfile_offsets): default index for '.text' and 
'.data' sections.