$ cat dlleg.c
__attribute((__dllexport__)) void fn () { }
static int local;

$ cat dlleg2.c
__attribute((__dllexport__)) void fn2 () { }
static int local;

$ cat dllegmain.c
__attribute((__dllimport__)) void fn ();
__attribute((__dllimport__)) void fn2 ();

int main ()
{
  fn();
  fn2();

  return 0;
}

$ gcc -g -c dlleg.c
$ gcc -g -c dlleg2.c
$ gcc -g -c dllegmain.c
$ #
$ # Force clash by omitting -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base
$ #
$ gcc -shared -o dlleg.dll dlleg.o
$ gcc -shared -o dlleg2.dll dlleg2.o
$ gcc -o dllegmain dllegmain.o dlleg.dll dlleg2.dll
$ gdb dllegmain
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-cygwin"...
(gdb) run
Starting program: /cygdrive/f/Users/Raoul/gdb/dllegmain.exe 

Program exited with code 01.
(gdb) #
(gdb) # DLL info shows that dlleg and dlleg2 were loaded at different
(gdb) # addresses, so one got relocated:
(gdb) #
(gdb) info dll

DLL Name                                 Load Address
/usr/bin/cygwin1.dll                     61001000
/cygdrive/f/WINNT/system32/kernel32.dll  77e81000
/cygdrive/f/Users/Raoul/gdb/dlleg2.dll   10001000
/cygdrive/f/Users/Raoul/gdb/dlleg.dll    00331000
/cygdrive/f/WINNT/system32/advapi32.dll  77db1000
/cygdrive/f/WINNT/system32/rpcrt4.dll    77d41000
/cygdrive/f/WINNT/System32/psapi.dll     690a1000
(gdb) #
(gdb) # Dump internal symbol tables
(gdb) #
(gdb) maint print msymbols reloc.dump
(gdb) quit

$ #
$ # There should be two distinct static_int vars (one
$ # relocated). Unpatches gdb doesn't get this right:
$ #
$ grep static_int reloc.dump
[96] d 0x10005020 static_int
[115] d 0x10005020 static_int

$ #
$ # ... and absolute values shouldn't be relocated but are:
$ #
$ grep os_version reloc.dump
[ 3] T 0x0 _minor_os_version__
[ 7] T 0x4 _major_os_version__
[ 3] T 0x0 _minor_os_version__
[ 7] T 0x4 _major_os_version__
[127] T 0xf0330000 _minor_os_version__
[131] T 0xf0330004 _major_os_version__

$ #
$ # with the patch, static vars are relocated correctly:
$ #
$ grep static_int reloc2.dump
[96] d 0x10005020 static_int
[95] d 0x335020 static_int

$ #
$ # ... and absolute variables are untouched (note also the "A"
$ # type for the minimal symbols instead of "T")
$ #
$ grep os_version reloc2.dump
[ 3] A 0x0 _minor_os_version__
[ 7] A 0x4 _major_os_version__
[ 3] A 0x0 _minor_os_version__
[ 7] A 0x4 _major_os_version__
[ 3] A 0x0 _minor_os_version__
[ 7] A 0x4 _major_os_version__