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Re: gcc/gdb/as/ld issue
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- To: Andy Chittenden <achittenden at bluearc dot com>
- Cc: "'binutils at sources dot redhat dot com'" <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:24:58 +0000
- Subject: Re: gcc/gdb/as/ld issue
- References: <AD4480A509455343AEFACCC231BA850F086FBD@ukexchange>
Hi Andy,
> We've recently started to use partially linked images for some of our
> libraries in order to speed up the final link (ie we use -r option with
> --whole-archive). And this has stopped gdb working with:
>
> ../../src/gdb/gdbtypes.c:515: gdb-internal-error: make_cv_type: Assertion
> `TYPE_OBJFILE (*typeptr) == TYPE_OBJFILE (type) || TYPE_STUB (*typeptr)'
> failed.
>
> Is this a bug in ld when generating partial images given that it works if I
> use whole libraries generated by ar instead?
>
> FYI we're configuring the toolchain for powerpc-eabi target.
There is definitely a bug somewhere, although at this stage we cannot
tell whether it is in the linker or gdb. Please could you put
together a *small* testcase that demonstrates the problem, so that it
can be investigated further ?
Cheers
Nick