I reapplyied the old patch for the ag386nsm.pas file (bug id 7210: which fixes the output of the strings) to the trunk branch, you can find it in attachement. I tested it under Go32v2 with the following code before and after its application, using the command line <fpc -Anasmcoff world.pas>:

program world;
begin
writeln('Hello, world!');
end.
These are the issues:
1) substitution of the .rodata with the .data section;
2) avoiding of a double assignement of the LastSecType in the ait_section:;
3) correction of the #0 character - with the db reserve operator, and placing
of the string in a single line;
4) insert of the global key for the label of the string for the r/o section;
Regards, Marco Borsari.

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