diff --git a/mrw/exception.hpp b/mrw/exception.hpp
index 51ca78a..a116df0 100644
--- a/mrw/exception.hpp
+++ b/mrw/exception.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 
     $Log$
+    Revision 1.6  2005/01/28 07:51:24  marc
+    improved and corrected trace formatting
+
     Revision 1.5  2004/10/07 09:25:34  marc
     new group for suggestions
     new inheritance
@@ -93,14 +96,14 @@ enter fn1
 enter fn2
 UNEXPECTED:N3mrw9exceptionE
 ---------------------------Stack:
-[0x8049e51] ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:105  _start
-[0x401cfd3e] ????:0                           ????
-[0x804a3d0] examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:50 main
-[0x804a2a3] examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:38 fn0()
-[0x804a227] examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:32 fn1()
-[0x804a1c1] examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:25 fn2()
-[0x804fdda] ../mrw/exception.cpp:6           mrw::exception::exception()
-[0x804a8f5] ../mrw/stacktrace.cpp:54         mrw::StackTrace::StackTrace()
+[ 0x8048e11] _start                        ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:105
+[0x4016e92b] __libc_start_main             ????:0
+[ 0x8049392] main                          /.../mrw-c++/mrw/examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:50
+[ 0x8049265] fn0()                         /.../mrw-c++/mrw/examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:38
+[ 0x80491e9] fn1()                         /.../mrw-c++/mrw/examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:32
+[ 0x8049183] fn2()                         /.../mrw-c++/mrw/examples/exceptionhandling.cpp:25
+[0x400494a4] mrw::exception::exception()   ????:0
+[0x4005ace5] mrw::StackTrace::StackTrace() ????:0
 ---------------------------------
 EXCEPTION caught in fn0:St13bad_exception
 leave fn0
diff --git a/mrw/stacktrace.cpp b/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
index de7de73..0334f5f 100644
--- a/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
+++ b/mrw/stacktrace.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 
     $Log$
+    Revision 1.10  2005/01/28 07:51:24  marc
+    improved and corrected trace formatting
+
     Revision 1.9  2005/01/07 00:34:38  marc
     some changes for solaris
 
@@ -155,26 +158,25 @@ mrw::StackTrace::StackTrace() throw(std::bad_exception) {
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 mrw::StackTrace::operator std::string() const throw(std::bad_exception) {
-  static const double LN10(log(10));
-  std::string s;
-  s<<1;
+  std::stringstream s;
   bool first(true);
-  unsigned int lisz(0), fisz(0);
+  unsigned int fusz(0), adsz(0); //lisz(0), fisz(0)
   std::list<CodePos> l;
   for (AddressTrace::const_reverse_iterator it(_trace.rbegin());
        it!=_trace.rend(); ++it, first=false) {
     CodePos c(translate(*it));
-    if (log(c.line+1)/LN10 > lisz) lisz = (unsigned int)(log(c.line+1)/LN10);
-    if (c.file.size() > fisz) fisz = c.file.size();
+    if (((std::stringstream&)(std::stringstream()<<c.address)).str().size()
+        > adsz)
+      adsz =
+        ((std::stringstream&)(std::stringstream()<<c.address)).str().size();
+    if (c.function.size() > fusz) fusz = c.function.size();
     l.push_back(c);
   }
   for (std::list<CodePos>::iterator it(l.begin()); it!=l.end(); ++it)
-    s<<"["<<it->address<<"] "
-     <<it->file<<':'<<it->line
-     <<std::setw(fisz+lisz-it->file.size()-
-                 (unsigned int)(log(it->line+1)/LN10)-1)
-     <<" "<<it->function<<"\n";
-  return s;
+    s<<'['<<std::setw(adsz)<<it->address<<"] "
+     <<it->function<<std::setw(fusz-it->function.size()+1)<<' '
+     <<it->file<<':'<<it->line<<std::endl;
+  return s.str();
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ void mrw::StackTrace::buildSectionMap(bfd* abfd, asection* section,
     *(std::pair<std::string, void*>*)fileoffs;
   bfd_vma vma(bfd_get_section_vma(abfd, section)+
               reinterpret_cast<bfd_vma>(fileoffset.second));
-  bfd_size_type sz(bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc(section));
+  bfd_size_type sz(bfd_get_section_size(section));
   _dic[fileoffset.first][vma] = Translator::mapped_type(vma+sz, section);
   _addrs[vma] = fileoffset.first;
 }
diff --git a/mrw/stacktrace_test.cpp b/mrw/stacktrace_test.cpp
index 5d6ea31..b8e2edf 100644
--- a/mrw/stacktrace_test.cpp
+++ b/mrw/stacktrace_test.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
     @license LGPL, see file <a href="license.html">COPYING</a>
 
     $Log$
+    Revision 1.6  2005/01/28 07:51:24  marc
+    improved and corrected trace formatting
+
     Revision 1.5  2004/10/13 10:49:12  marc
     check whether shared libraries are evaluated
 
@@ -42,10 +45,9 @@ namespace mrw {
       std::stringstream ss;
       ss<<f<<':'<<l;
       std::string st(s);
-      std::string::size_type pos(st.find(ss.str()));
+      std::string::size_type pos(st.find("mrw::StackTraceTest::StackTrace()"));
       CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pos!=std::string::npos);
-      CPPUNIT_ASSERT(st.find("mrw::StackTraceTest::StackTrace()", pos)
-                     < st.size());
+      CPPUNIT_ASSERT(st.find(ss.str(), pos) < st.size());
       CPPUNIT_ASSERT(st.find("CppUnit::TestCase::run")
                      < st.size());
       CPPUNIT_ASSERT(st.find("????:0 ????")