/* It's OK to change the type if either the existing symbol or the
new symbol is weak unless it comes from a DT_NEEDED entry of
a shared object, in which case, the DT_NEEDED entry may not be
- required at the run time. */
+ required at the run time. The type change is also OK if the
+ old symbol is undefined and the new symbol is defined. */
if ((! dt_needed && oldweakdef)
|| oldweakundef
|| newweakdef
- || newweakundef)
+ || newweakundef
+ || (newdef
+ && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+ || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)))
*type_change_ok = TRUE;
/* It's OK to change the size if either the existing symbol or the