>Number:         8502
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       nm --size-sort finds wrong size for some entries
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 27 19:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Geoff C. Wing
>Organization:
Geoff Wing : <gcw@pobox.com>     Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/
Rxvt Stuff : <gcw@rxvt.org>      Ego URL : http://pobox.com/~gcw/
Zsh Stuff  : <gcw@zsh.org>       Phone   : (Australia) 0413 431 874
>Release:        19990926
>Environment:
System: NetBSD c.primenet.com.au 1.4K NetBSD 1.4K (C) #0: Mon Sep 20 17:21:41 EST 1999 open@rubicon.stables.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/C i386


>Description:
	nm --size-sort sometimes calculates the size of some entries
	incorrectly and then uses the incorrect value in the sorting.

	% nm --size-sort /usr/src/bin/pax/ar_io.o | fgrep rcsid
	00002270 t _rcsid

	We better cut down on those rcsid[] strings.  Look how much space
	they take up! :-)
	
>How-To-Repeat:
	An example object called screen.o:
	% nm screen.o | fgrep ' T ' | sort
	00000000 T blank_line
	00000034 T blank_screen_mem
	........
	00005528 T setPosition
	% nm --size-sort screen.o | egrep "(blank_line|setPosition)"
	00000059 T setPosition
	00005581 T blank_line
	^^^^^^^^
	This should be 00000034
	
>Fix:
	?
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: