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Re: [PATCH] Improved elf linker error message


On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:54:02AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> 
> > > Would it be possible to change elf_link_output_relocs() to have a
> > > non-void return type, and check for an error return?
> > 
> > Like this?
> 
> Looks reasonable to me.  Thanks.

BTW, the annoying case where this problem occurs is when someone
builds an archive containing a mix of elf32 and elf64 objects.  We
ought to detect this a little earlier and give an informative error
message, or not assume that archive contents are all the same as the
first archive element.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre


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