Re: binutils is broken on Linux/alpha.

["H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>]

On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 10:35:15AM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> The current binutils is broken on Linux/alpha. "make check" failed in
> ld:
> 
> FAIL: bootstrap
> FAIL: bootstrap with strip
> FAIL: bootstrap with --traditional-format
> FAIL: bootstrap with --no-keep-memory
> FAIL: cdtest
> FAIL: cdtest with -Ur
> FAIL: vers1
> FAIL: vers2
> FAIL: vers3
> FAIL: vers4
> FAIL: vers4a
> FAIL: vers6
> FAIL: vers7a
> FAIL: vers8
> FAIL: vers9
> FAIL: visibility (hidden) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden) (PIC main)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_normal) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_normal) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_normal)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_normal) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_normal) (PIC main)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_undef_def) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_undef_def) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_undef_def)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_undef_def) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_undef_def) (PIC main)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_weak) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_weak) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_weak)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_weak) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (hidden_weak) (PIC main)
> FAIL: visibility (protected_weak) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (protected_weak) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (protected_weak)
> FAIL: visibility (protected_weak) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (protected_weak) (PIC main)
> FAIL: visibility (normal) (non PIC)
> FAIL: visibility (normal) (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: visibility (normal)
> FAIL: visibility (normal) (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: visibility (normal) (PIC main)
> FAIL: ELF weak
> FAIL: shared (non PIC)
> FAIL: shared (non PIC, load offset)
> FAIL: shared
> FAIL: shared -Bsymbolic
> FAIL: shared (PIC main, non PIC so)
> FAIL: shared (PIC main)
> 
> Linux/alpha was ok on Sep. 25.
> 

Hi Alan,

I have verified that your patch

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2001-09/msg00487.html

causes the Linux/alpha failures. There may be more broken ELF targets
because of your change.


H.J.