Package: binutils
Version: 2.16.1cvs20051117-1
Severity: normal

The latest version of binutils fails compiling Linux 2.6.9 on the file
arch/i386/kernel/process.c:

  $ head -n 4 Makefile
  VERSION = 2
  PATCHLEVEL = 6
  SUBLEVEL = 9
  EXTRAVERSION =
  $ make arch/i386/kernel/process.o
  CC      arch/i386/kernel/process.o
  {standard input}: Assembler messages:
  {standard input}:772: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:773: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:966: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:967: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1067: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1068: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1164: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1165: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1242: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  {standard input}:1254: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
  make[1]: *** [arch/i386/kernel/process.o] Error 1
  make: *** [arch/i386/kernel/process.o] Error 2

This failure happens on multiple versions of gcc (3.4, 3.3, 2.95). The
version of binutils in testing currently (2.16.1-2) works, though.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13.2
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages binutils depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

binutils recommends no packages.

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