From 1336e69171ddd226a4f0b98428add38f20ccdc00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pengelly <robertapengelly@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 06:51:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Only error when not undefined

---
 intel.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/intel.c b/intel.c
index b4e59e1..9c01213 100644
--- a/intel.c
+++ b/intel.c
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ static void handler_extern (char *start, char **pp) {
         
         if ((symbol = symbol_find (name))) {
         
-            if (symbol->scope == SYMBOL_SCOPE_LOCAL || symbol->scope == SYMBOL_SCOPE_GLOBAL) {
+            if (symbol->section != undefined_section && (symbol->scope == SYMBOL_SCOPE_LOCAL || symbol->scope == SYMBOL_SCOPE_GLOBAL)) {
                 report_line_at (get_filename (), get_line_number (), REPORT_ERROR, start, caret, "symbol '%s' is already defined", name);
             } else {
             
-- 
2.34.1