Possible problem installin binutils 2.16.1

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Tue Jul 5 09:44:00 GMT 2005


Hi Angel,

> I'm trying to install (only for me) binutils 2.16.1 on a PowerPC.  

> Everything seems fine to me, except for the following lines:
> 
> FAIL: ELF weak func first DSO
> FAIL: ELF weak func last DSO
> FAIL: ELF weak data first DSO
> FAIL: ELF weak data last DSO
> FAIL: ELF weak data first DSO common
> FAIL: ELF weak data last DSO common
> 
> What is bothering me is if these failures are fatal, 

They are not.  In fact the version of this test in the mainline CVS 
sources is disabled for PowerPC targets since it is known not to work 
and not to be a problem.

Cheers
   Nick



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