We observed this problem building chromeos , I have a simplified case below - file: test.ld SECTIONS { INCLUDE "test-inc.ld" } file: test-inc.ld .bss . : { . = ALIGN(8); } When specifying test.ld as linker script, gold errors - hdd2/gold64/build/gold/ld-new: error: test-inc.ld:1:6: syntax error, unexpected STRING hdd2/gold64/build/gold/ld-new: internal error in place_orphan, at ../../binutils-working/gold/script-sections.cc:3447 Replacing the INCLUDE statement with content from test-inc.ld makes gold happy.
By investigating, in script.cc, "script_include_directive" function always assumes "INCLUDE" is top-most level. I'm working on a patch to expand each "INCLUDE" to reconstruct the script text and re-do the parsing.
The master branch has been updated by Cary Coutant <ccoutant@sourceware.org>: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=410da591ba7814912e11be826b20dfba9abed9f7 commit 410da591ba7814912e11be826b20dfba9abed9f7 Author: Cary Coutant <ccoutant@gmail.com> Date: Sat Mar 21 19:03:00 2015 -0700 PR gold/18048: Fix INCLUDE directive support for gold This patch fixes INCLUDE directives in script files, so that when an INCLUDE appears inside a sections block, section commands block, or memory def block, the contents are parsed in the appropriate context. gold/ PR gold/18048 * script-c.h (script_include_directive): Add first_token parameter. * script.cc (script_include_directive): Add first_token parameter, and pass it to read_script_file. * yyscript.y (PARSING_SECTIONS_BLOCK, PARSING_SECTION_CMDS) (PARSING_MEMORY_DEF): New tokens. (top): Add new productions for INCLUDE files. (file_cmd): Replace file_or_sections_cmd with copy of its productions. Pass PARSING_LINKER_SCRIPT to script_include_directive. (section_block_cmd): Likewise; pass PARSING_SECTIONS_BLOCK. (section_cmd): Pass PARSING_SECTION_CMDS. (file_or_sections_cmd): Remove. (memory_def): Pass PARSING_MEMORY_DEF. * testsuite/Makefile.am (memory_test_2): New test. * testsuite/Makefile.in: Regenerate. * testsuite/memory_test_inc.t: New script file. * testsuite/memory_test_inc_1.t.src: New script file. * testsuite/memory_test_inc_2.t.src: New script file. * testsuite/memory_test_inc_3.t.src: New script file.
Fixed on trunk.
Thanks.