http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-04/msg00665.html

fixes building on some architectures (like m68k/arm/cris/etc...) because
it does the right thing

diff -durN glibc-2.13.orig/include/libc-symbols.h glibc-2.13/include/libc-symbols.h
--- glibc-2.13.orig/include/libc-symbols.h	2009-03-14 00:51:46.000000000 +0100
+++ glibc-2.13/include/libc-symbols.h	2009-11-13 00:50:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@
 #  define __make_section_unallocated(section_string)
 # endif
 
-/* Tacking on "\n\t#" to the section name makes gcc put it's bogus
+/* Tacking on "\n#APP\n\t#" to the section name makes gcc put it's bogus
    section attributes on what looks like a comment to the assembler.  */
 # ifdef HAVE_SECTION_QUOTES
-#  define __sec_comment "\"\n\t#\""
+#  define __sec_comment "\"\n#APP\n\t#\""
 # else
-#  define __sec_comment "\n\t#"
+#  define __sec_comment "\n#APP\n\t#"
 # endif
 # define link_warning(symbol, msg) \
   __make_section_unallocated (".gnu.warning." #symbol) \
