ld dumps core (from 2.9.4.0.8 on) - patch

[Johannes Reisinger]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 08:54:55AM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 05:00:05PM +0100, Johannes Reisinger wrote:
> > 
> > Bug report:
> > 
> > In binutils-2.9.4.0.8 (sorry, I don't know the original version number
> > - only the one from ftp.varesearch.com) a bug was introduced which
> > causes ld to dump core in my appliation.
> 
> 2.9.4.0.8 is wayyyyy too old. The current one on ftp.valinux.com is
> 2.9.5.0.29. Please verify your bug against 2.9.5.0.29. Please also
> provide a small testcase.
> 
I tested it against 2.9.5.0.29 too and the failure was still there.
The problem is that my 'testcase' has a size of a few Megabytes and
because I have no idea how the bug was triggered I do not know how to
make a stripped-down testcase.

I can send you three things, maybe you can tell me then how to make a
stripped-down testcase.

- the command with which I invoked the debugger (part of the command is
  automatically generated, therefore there are many options)
- the linker script
- the output of the debugger after gdb dumped core

-jr
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