Re: BFD internal error. Bug? Size limit?

[Haroldo Stenger]

I forgot to say ld version number: 2.9.5 (BFD 2.9.5.0.24)

Haroldo Stenger wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm having serious trouble, and am clueless:
> 
> I'm using FlagShip, which generates C code from dos clipper code, and compiles
> it with gcc. I't worked fine for months. Unexpectedly, it started giving an
> error:
> 
> FlagShip PRO (unlimited users)
> (c) Copyright 1989..2001 by multisoft GmbH Munich/Germany
> C compiler and linker phase:
> /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld: BFD internal error, aborting at elf32-i386.c line
> 1598 in elf_i386_relocate_section
> 
> /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld: Please report this bug.
> 
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> As a means of showing command line parameters to ld, this is the ps output 
> while
> the compile process was running:
> 
> haroldo    791  1.0  0.1  1120  504 pts/0    S    13:09   0:00 cc -DFGSLINUX
> -DFGSLINUXELF -I/usr/include/ncur194 -fwritable-strings -fPIC -I/usr/include
> apresent_m.c -o farmas ref.o -L/lib -L/usr/lib farmas.a /usr/lib/dynFlagShip.o
> -lFlagShip -lncur194 -lm -s
> 
> haroldo    795  0.0  0.1  1092  464 pts/0    S    13:09   0:00
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2/collect2 -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o farmas -s /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/lib -L/usr/lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2 -L/usr/i486-suse-linux/lib
> /tmp/ccdKEb0J.o ref.o farmas.a /usr/lib/dynFlagShip.o -lFlagShip -lncur194 -lm
> -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2/crtend.o 
> /usr/lib/crtn.o
> 
> haroldo    796 93.5 24.0 63744 63020 pts/0   R    13:09   0:01
> /usr/i486-suse-linux/bin/ld -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.2 -o
> farmas -s /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2/crtbegin.o -L/lib -L/usr/lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2 -L/usr/i486-suse-linux/lib
> /tmp/ccdKEb0J.o ref.o farmas.a /usr/lib/dynFlagShip.o -lFlagShip -lncur194 -lm
> -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-suse-linux/2.95.2/crtend.o
> /usr/lib/crtn.oroot       797  0.0  0.3  2472  908 pts/1    R    13:09   0:00 
> ps
> axu
> 
> The farmas.a file is a ~100 MB ar-format file. The executable, before the
> compiling process started yielding error, sized ~70MB.
> 
> Am I crossing a size limit? Is this ant king of buffer overflow?
> 
> I don't remember any significant change in what I was doing, which could 
> explain
> the error. As I said above, I am clueless, and in a hurry.
> 
> I would greatly apreciate any help.
> 
> Haroldo Stenger.
> 
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