if (! first && (section->output_section->flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0)
flags &= ~ SEC_READONLY;
+ /* Keep SEC_MERGE and SEC_STRINGS only if they are the same. */
+ if (! first
+ && ((section->output_section->flags & (SEC_MERGE | SEC_STRINGS))
+ != (flags & (SEC_MERGE | SEC_STRINGS))
+ || ((flags & SEC_MERGE)
+ && section->output_section->entsize != section->entsize)))
+ {
+ section->output_section->flags &= ~ (SEC_MERGE | SEC_STRINGS);
+ flags &= ~ (SEC_MERGE | SEC_STRINGS);
+ }
+
section->output_section->flags |= flags;
+ if (flags & SEC_MERGE)
+ section->output_section->entsize = section->entsize;
+
/* If SEC_READONLY is not set in the input section, then clear
it from the output section. */
if ((section->flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0)