[Bug gas/6848] New: Strange assembler error message on .set

[hjl dot tools at gmail dot com]

When ".set" is used to create the same symbol twice, we get

address@hidden tmp]$ cat t.s
        .text
        call bar
        .section .text1,"ax"
        .globl moo
moo:
        ret
        .globl bar
        .set bar,moo
        .text
        call bar
        .section .text1,"ax"
        .globl foo
foo:
         nop
        .globl bar
        .set bar,foo
address@hidden tmp]$ as -o t.o t.s   
as: t.o: symbol `bar' required but not present
t.s: Assembler messages:
t.s:16: Fatal error: can't close t.o: No symbols
address@hidden tmp]$ 

A better error message will be more helpful.

-- 
           Summary: Strange assembler error message on .set
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.19 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gas
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6848

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