Static linking problems on Alpha...

[H.J. Lu]

> 
> 
> I'm having difficulty with linking a binary statically on the target
> alpha-unknown-linux-gnu.  It seems to be present in several Alphas that I
> have access to.  Ld segfaults when executed by gcc.  When running by hand 
> (was linking a static 'tar' binary):
> 
>   ld: Warning: size of symbol `main' changed from 3132 to 1296 in tar.o
>   Segmentation fault
> 
> Also, ld's testsuite fails on the static linking test (ld-bootstrap):
> 
>   FAIL: bootstrap with --static
> 
> Is anyone else seeing this or could this be related to glibc 2.1.2?
> 
>   My system details:
> 	Alpha 533MHz 164SX
> 	128MB RAM
> 	Debian Linux (potato)
> 	glibc 2.1.2 (compiled with egcs 1.0.3 due to lack of complex
> 		support in gcc 2.95.1 on Alpha)
> 	gcc 2.95.1
> 

You missed the most important information. WHICH BINUTILS ARE YOU
USING?


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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)