https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27666
--- Comment #3 from Rainer Orth <ro at CeBiTec dot Uni-Bielefeld.DE> --- > --- Comment #2 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> --- > Created attachment 13455 > --> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=13455&action=edit > Proposed patch Hi Nick, sorry for the long delay: I've been on vacation for some time. > Would you mind trying out the uploaded patch ? > > I am working on a theory that the real bug is that > _bfd_write_archive_contents() is not creating the symbol index. As you noted > the call to bfd_check_format() fails, because there are two potential > matches. > But I do not think that this is grounds for the archiver to decide that there > are no objects in the library. > > Even with this patch applied, most of the linker tests that are failing > continue to do so, but I have not yet investigated why. I just wanted to show > you my ida, and see if you thought that it might be worth persuing. As a first step, I've tested the patch on both amd64-pc-solaris2.11 (no changes in test results) and sparcv9-sun-solaris2.11. The situation is mixed here: @@ -45 +44,0 @@ -FAIL: --export-dynamic-symbol foo archive @@ -48 +46,0 @@ -FAIL: --export-dynamic-symbol-list foo archive @@ -55 +53,2 @@ -FAIL: ld link shared library +FAIL: ld export symbols from archive spawn [open ...]^M 0000000000100250 A _DYNAMIC 0000000000100330 A _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ 0000000000100400 A _PROCEDURE_LINKAGE_TABLE_ U exclude_sym 0000000000100338 D include_sym +FAIL: ld don't exclude symbols from archive - --exclude-libs foo:bar spawn [open ...]^M 0000000000100250 A _DYNAMIC 0000000000100330 A _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ 0000000000100400 A _PROCEDURE_LINKAGE_TABLE_ U exclude_sym 0000000000100338 D include_sym @@ -109 +107,0 @@ -FAIL: ld-misc/defsym1 In both failing cases, exclude_common is missing. The symbol is present in exclude2.o, but missing from exclude.so. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
