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-rw-r--r--inet/herrno.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/inet/herrno.c b/inet/herrno.c
index bd23eb7a8e..9ff30a191b 100644
--- a/inet/herrno.c
+++ b/inet/herrno.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996,97,98,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996,97,98,2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 
    The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ extern __thread int __libc_h_errno __attribute__ ((alias ("h_errno")))
   attribute_hidden;
 # define h_errno __libc_h_errno
 #else
-int h_errno = 0;
+/* This differs from plain `int h_errno;' in that it doesn't create
+   a common definition, but a plain symbol that resides in .bss,
+   which can have an alias.  */
+int h_errno __attribute__((section (".bss")));
 weak_alias (h_errno, _h_errno)
 
 /* We declare these with compat_symbol so that they are not