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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
retrieving revision 1.364
retrieving revision 1.365
diff -u -r1.364 -r1.365
--- src/bfd/elflink.c	2010/01/08 01:43:22	1.364
+++ src/bfd/elflink.c	2010/01/08 03:03:16	1.365
@@ -8492,10 +8492,14 @@
 
 	  _bfd_elf_swap_versym_in (input, ever, &iver);
 
-	  if ((iver.vs_vers & VERSYM_HIDDEN) == 0)
+	  if ((iver.vs_vers & VERSYM_HIDDEN) == 0
+	      && !(h->def_regular
+		   && h->forced_local))
 	    {
 	      /* If we have a non-hidden versioned sym, then it should
-		 have provided a definition for the undefined sym.  */
+		 have provided a definition for the undefined sym unless
+		 it is defined in a non-shared object and forced local.
+	       */
 	      abort ();
 	    }