From 5ed1ef2bb8f98375c37e25f0c3d2374ae238b9de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kichik <kichik@212acab6-be3b-0410-9dea-997c60f758d6>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:49:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added linker script to assure correct order of sections

git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/nsis/code/NSIS/trunk@4122 212acab6-be3b-0410-9dea-997c60f758d6
---
 SCons/Config/gnu | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SCons/Config/gnu b/SCons/Config/gnu
index 8cc6e2ad..e0733090 100644
--- a/SCons/Config/gnu
+++ b/SCons/Config/gnu
@@ -80,6 +80,32 @@ util_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = '$ALIGN_FLAG')        # 512 bytes align
 
 ### weird GCC requirements
 
+#
+# GCC puts new PE sections, added by code, between other sections.
+# This is not good for the .ndata section because makensis changes
+# its size dynamically. This is not good if RVAs to sections below
+# it are saved in other places. The RVAs will point to garbage.
+#
+# To fix this, a linker script is provided. The linker script makes
+# sure the sections will be written in the correct order.
+#
+
+script_path = File('#.sconf_temp/linker_script').path
+open(script_path, 'w').write("""
+	SECTIONS
+	{
+		.text : { *(.text) }
+		.data : { *(.data) }
+		.rdata : { *(.rdata) }
+		.bss : { *(.bss) }
+		.idata : { *(.idata) }
+		.ndata BLOCK(__section_alignment__) : { [ .ndata ] }
+		.rsrc : { *(.rsrc) }
+	}
+""")
+
+stub_env.Append(LINKFLAGS = '-Wl,%s' % script_path)
+
 #
 # GCC requires some functions from the CRT to be present, if certain
 # operations are done. For example, if a small string is assigned to