Re: /usr/bin/ld: 2.14.90.0.7: bug in elf_i386_relocate_section?

[Fabian Wenzel]

Hi again!

About a month ago I posted a message as I have trouble linking a 
program: The linker aborts with an error message.

I have still no idea where to look for hints that can solve this 
problem. However, I added a trace in my libbfd and found out that
indeed the error appears while processing one of the three "critical" 
.o-files (see previous message). The section name is *UND*. I could not 
figure out which symbol causes the abort()-call (how do I get the name
of the symbol in elf_i386_relocate_section?). I also don't know if I am 
debugging in the right direction, so if there is anybody that could help 
me along, it would be great, as I am more or less lost.

        Fabian


Fabian Wenzel schrieb:
> Hi!
>
> Currently I am experiencing some problems when linking an own application:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: BFD 2.14.90.0.7 20031029 Debian GNU/Linux internal error, 
> aborting at ../../bfd/elf32-i386.c line 2247 in elf_i386_relocate_section
>
> I updated binutils to 2.15, but the error still remains. I traced it 
> down to a set of three of my object files (.o) that cause the error as 
> soon as two of them appear in the list of files to be linked together.
>
> My program worked for a long time and I did not change any code in the 
> relevant source for the object files before the bug appeared. I already 
> searched the internet for some information, but the only messages I 
> found were saying something like "okay, download the new release of 
> package XY which did not compile; the bug has been fixed". So I don't 
> know how to go anything further as I don't know whether it is a problem 
> of my code (which worked fine for months) or a linker/compiler bug.
>
> Could anybody please give me some hints?
>
>
>     Fabian