[PATCH] ld: testsuite: xfail vers26b3 on Solaris/amd64

[Rainer Orth]

Hi H.J.,

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi H.J.,
>>
>> > Can you adjust it here?
>> >
>> > if { [istarget x86_64-*-linux*] \
>> >      || [istarget arm*-*-*] \
>> >      || ( [istarget mips*-*-linux*] && [at_least_gcc_version 4 3] ) } {
>> >     # x86_64, ARM and newer MIPS toolchains do not like non-pic shared
>> > libraries    set pic "yes"
>> > } else {
>> >     set pic "no"
>> > }
>>
>> I tried that first, but unlike Linux/x86_64, where several of the vers*
>> tests XFAIL, on Solaris/amd64 it was only this single one, so all the
>> others would XPASS instead.
>>
>> The fact that the test links just fine with Solaris ld might point to a
>> gld issue, though.
>>
>
> R_X86_64_32 can't be used to access the external symbols in
> a shared library since 32-bit displacement may not reach the
> symbol definition.  How can it work on Solaris?

No idea.  However, when reenabling the test on Linux/x86_64, I get the
exact same error as on Solaris/amd64, so the issue is obviously the
same:

./ld-new: tmpdir/vers26b3.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against symbol `foo' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

	Rainer

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