linker (binutils ld) is unable to resolve weak symbol, depends on object file order

[Michael Haubenwallner <michael dot haubenwallner at ssi-schaefer dot com>]

Hi,

so I'm encountering a strange problem related to object file order passed to
the linker, with any binutils and gcc version available to setup-x86_64.exe:

$ cat weak-func.c
extern void weakfunc() __attribute__((weak));
void weakfunc() {}

$ cat weak-main.c
extern void weakfunc() __attribute__((weak));
int main() { weakfunc(); }

$ gcc -o weak.exe weak-func.c weak-main.c
SUCCESS

But then, changing the order of input files on the command line does break
(does work on Linux of course):

$ gcc -o weak.exe weak-main.c weak-func.c
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: /tmp/ccIthYHe.o:weak-main.c:(.text+0xe): relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined symbol `weakfunc'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

So the difference is that the object providing weakfunc is passed to
the linker after the object requiring weakfunc.

Attached is the weak-func.sh script that does perform these commands.

Thanks!
/haubi/

Attachment: weak-func.sh
Description: application/shellscript

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