* lexsup.c (parse_args): Set check_section_addresses to 1 or 0.

	* ld.h (args_type): Make check_section_addresses a char.
	ldlang.c (lang_process): Don't consider relocatable flag when
	checking for overlap.
	* ldmain.c (main): Default check_section_addresses to -1. Check it
	for relocatable links.
	* ld.texinfo (--check-sections): Update documentation.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ld.h b/ld/ld.h
index 43a4ba2115..3de92cd9ef 100644
--- a/ld/ld.h
+++ b/ld/ld.h
@@ -167,10 +167,9 @@ typedef struct {
      search.  */
   bfd_boolean warn_search_mismatch;
 
-
-  /* If TRUE (the default) check section addresses, once compute,
-     fpor overlaps.  */
-  bfd_boolean check_section_addresses;
+  /* If non-zero check section addresses, once computed,
+     for overlaps.  Relocatable links only check when this is > 0.  */
+  signed char check_section_addresses;
 
   /* If TRUE allow the linking of input files in an unknown architecture
      assuming that the user knows what they are doing.  This was the old