* syms.c (_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol): New function.

	* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nosymbols_make_empty_symbol): Define as
	_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* libbfd.h: Regenerate.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* hppabsd-core.c (hppabsd_core_make_empty_symbol): Delete function.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symtab_upper_bound): Don't define.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symtab): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_print_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_get_symbol_info): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_bfd_is_local_label_name): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_get_lineno): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_find_nearest_line): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_bfd_make_debug_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_read_minisymbols): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_minisymbol_to_symbol): Likewise.
	(hppabsd_core_vec): Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS (_bfd_nosymbols).
	Formatting fixes.
	* hpux-core.c: Similarly.
	* irix-core.c: Similarly.
	* osf-core.c: Similarly.
	* sco5-core.c: Similarly.
	* binary.c (binary_make_empty_symbol): Remove function, define as
	_bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* ihex.c (ihex_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* mmo.c (mmo_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* ppcboot.c (ppcboot_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* srec.c (srec_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* versados.c (versados_make_empty_symbol): Likewise.
	* vms.c (_bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol): Remove.
	(vms_make_empty_symbol): Define as _bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol.
	* vms-gsd.c (_bfd_vms_slurp_gsd): Call bfd_make_empty_symbol
	rather than _bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol.
	* vms-misc.c (new_symbol): Likewise.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/vms.c b/bfd/vms.c
index 55bcf6193c..388b7270a3 100644
--- a/bfd/vms.c
+++ b/bfd/vms.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* vms.c -- BFD back-end for VAX (openVMS/VAX) and
    EVAX (openVMS/Alpha) files.
-   Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
+   Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Written by Klaus K"ampf (kkaempf@rmi.de)
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static long vms_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc
 static boolean vms_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data PARAMS ((bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd));
 static boolean vms_bfd_set_private_flags PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, flagword flags));
 
-#define vms_make_empty_symbol _bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol
+#define vms_make_empty_symbol _bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol
 
 /*===========================================================================*/
 
@@ -1142,34 +1142,6 @@ vms_get_symtab (abfd, symbols)
   return PRIV (gsd_sym_count);
 }
 
-/* Create a new asymbol structure for the BFD abfd and return a pointer
-   to it.
-   This routine is necessary because each back end has private information
-   surrounding the asymbol. Building your own asymbol and pointing to it
-   will not create the private information, and will cause problems later on.  */
-
-asymbol *
-_bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol (abfd)
-     bfd *abfd;
-{
-  asymbol *symbol;
-
-  symbol = (asymbol *) bfd_zalloc(abfd, (bfd_size_type) sizeof (asymbol));
-
-#if VMS_DEBUG
-  vms_debug (1, "_bfd_vms_make_empty_symbol(%p)\n", abfd);
-#endif
-
-  if (symbol == 0)
-    {
-      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);
-      return 0;
-    }
-  symbol->the_bfd = abfd;
-
-  return symbol;
-}
-
 /* Print symbol to file according to how. how is one of
    bfd_print_symbol_name	just print the name
    bfd_print_symbol_more	print more (???)