Apparent problem with Alpha-linux linker

["Christopher C. Chimelis" <chris at debian dot org>]

Hi...

I've been getting segfaults when exiting binaries dynamically linked to
the new Qt 2.2 release (and many prior releases as well).  Upon checking
TrollTech's site, they note that there is a problem with the linker on
Alpha-Linux, but conveniently omits any details.

Upon further investigation, it seems that the binaries are exhibiting the
behaviour noted in gcc's docs for the -fconserve-space option.  In other
words, it seems that either the global vars or some of the function
definitions are being merged at link time without proper duplicate
diagnosis.

I caught a few threads on this list that hinted that other targets had a
similar problem and was wondering if a similar solution could be worked
for the Alpha-Linux linker.

I apologise for the lack of a simpler testcase other than the huge Qt
shared lib, but I haven't had the time to properly look into this problem
up to now.  I can provide whatever info is needed from the lib, though,
since I keep a copy of it handy and can recompile it easily and quickly.
I've also tried a number of options to directly link the library
(including --warn-common, which dumped out a huge list of things that were
being combined that were really unique in the source).

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
C