illegal symbol index in reloc

[Shaun Jackman]

I found the source of my problem. ARM_COFF_BUGFIX must be defined for
arm-wince-pe. A patch follows.

Cheers,
Shaun


diff -ur binutils-2.14-/bfd/config.bfd binutils-2.14/bfd/config.bfd
--- binutils-2.14-/bfd/config.bfd	2003-06-17 15:57:35.000000000 -0600
+++ binutils-2.14/bfd/config.bfd	2003-06-17 16:03:02.000000000 -0600
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     targ_defvec=armpe_little_vec
     targ_selvecs="armpe_little_vec armpe_big_vec armpei_little_vec armpei_big_vec"
     targ_underscore=no
-    targ_cflags=-DARM_WINCE
+    targ_cflags="-DARM_WINCE -DARM_COFF_BUGFIX"
     ;;
   arm-*-pe*)
     targ_defvec=armpe_little_vec


On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 10:33, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> I am getting the error message "illegal symbol index in reloc".
> 
> /tools/wince/lib/gcc-lib/arm-wince-pe/3.2/../../../../arm-wince-pe/bin/ld: /tools/wince/lib/gcc-lib/arm-wince-pe/3.2/../../../../arm-wince-pe/lib/libc.a(startup.o): illegal symbol index in reloc: 14942211
> 
> What causes this error, and what does it mean? Is it indicative of an
> unhealthy binutils, or an unhealthy gcc? Where should I start debugging?
> 
> Thanks,
> Shaun