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@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Sun Dec  6 12:46:36 1998  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@cygnus.com>
 
+	* config/tc-alpha.c (emit_ldgp): Give an error message rather than
+	an assertion failure for a case we can't handle when OBJ_ECOFF.
+
 	* expr.c (operator): And with 0xff to avoid problems with signed
 	char.