From 6882d5022d1eae5659f634de44dcb2a352e18712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Lugg <mlugg@mlugg.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:46:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MachO2: set ext bit on pext nlists in objects

---
 src/link/MachO2.zig | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/link/MachO2.zig b/src/link/MachO2.zig
index 268d60b81339d4259513e1c066ded207861f98da..96993fd0e9239572d1dbe04c295e51344009acd3 100644
--- a/src/link/MachO2.zig
+++ b/src/link/MachO2.zig
@@ -1363,9 +1363,12 @@ fn addGlobalSymbol(macho: *MachO, opts: struct {
     symbol.nlist(macho).* = .{
         .n_strx = @backingInt(strx),
         .n_type = .{ .bits = .{
-            .ext = switch (opts.visibility) {
-                .default => true,
-                .hidden => false,
+            .ext = switch (macho.machFiletype()) {
+                .OBJECT => true,
+                .EXECUTE, .DYLIB => switch (opts.visibility) {
+                    .default => true,
+                    .hidden => false,
+                },
             },
             .pext = switch (opts.visibility) {
                 .default => false,
-- 
2.54.0