- /* Any section that was original placed AFTER the bss
- section should now be off by NEW_DATA2_SIZE. */
+ /* Any section that was originally placed after the .bss
+ section should now be off by NEW_DATA2_SIZE. If a
+ section overlaps the .bss section, consider it to be
+ placed after the .bss section. Overlap can occur if the
+ section just before .bss has less-strict alignment; this
+ was observed between .symtab and .bss on Solaris 2.5.1
+ (sparc) with GCC snapshot 960602. */