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--- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c	2021-02-18 11:35:48.062479490 +0000
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+++ binutils-2.30/binutils/objcopy.c	2021-02-18 11:36:52.207071148 +0000
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@@ -2224,6 +2224,11 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          ab
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 	  goto done;
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 	}
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+      if (start > end)
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+	/* This can happen with PPC64LE binaries where empty notes are
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+	   encoded as start = end + 4.  */
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+	start = end;
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+
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       if (is_open_note (pnote))
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 	{
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 	  if (start)
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--- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c	2021-02-22 10:44:20.107263089 +0000
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+++ binutils-2.35.1/binutils/objcopy.c	2021-02-22 16:07:12.134344229 +0000
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@@ -2243,23 +2243,8 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          ab
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 	  break;
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 	case 8:
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-	  if (! is_64bit (abfd))
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-	    {
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-	      start = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
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-	      end = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata + 4);
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-	    }
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-	  else
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-	    {
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-	      start = bfd_get_64 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
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-	      /* FIXME: For version 1 and 2 notes we should try to
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-		 calculate the end address by finding a symbol whose
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-		 value is START, and then adding in its size.
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-
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-		 For now though, since v1 and v2 was not intended to
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-		 handle gaps, we chose an artificially large end
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-		 address.  */
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-	      end = (bfd_vma) -1;
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-	    }
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+	  start = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
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+	  end = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata + 4);
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 	  break;
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 	case 16: