Package: gcc-4.4 Version: 4.4.4-6 Severity: wishlist Because the ELF ABI for hppa requires relative jumps which are limited to 17 bits[0], programs frequently require the use of -ffunction-sections. It would be preferable if (on hppa or otherwise) -ffunction-sections were implied by -fPIC when otherwise gcc would generate text sections that are too large. After all, there's really no reason to generate .o files that are, for all practical purposes, useless. It would also make numerous package maintainers and hppa porters very happy, I suspect.
[0] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558999#15 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gcc-4.4 depends on: ii binutils 2.20.51.20100617-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii cpp-4.4 4.4.4-6 The GNU C preprocessor ii gcc-4.4-base 4.4.4-6 The GNU Compiler Collection (base ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.5.0-7 GCC support library ii libgomp1 4.5.0-7 GCC OpenMP (GOMP) support library Versions of packages gcc-4.4 recommends: ii libc6-dev 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Developmen Versions of packages gcc-4.4 suggests: pn gcc-4.4-doc <none> (no description available) pn gcc-4.4-locales <none> (no description available) ii gcc-4.4-multilib 4.4.4-6 The GNU C compiler (multilib files ii libcloog-ppl0 0.15.9-1 the Chunky Loop Generator (runtime pn libgcc1-dbg <none> (no description available) pn libgomp1-dbg <none> (no description available) ii libmudflap0-4.4-dev 4.4.4-6 GCC mudflap support libraries (dev pn libmudflap0-dbg <none> (no description available) ii libppl-c2 0.10.2-6 Parma Polyhedra Library (C interfa ii libppl7 0.10.2-6 Parma Polyhedra Library (runtime l -- no debconf information -- brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US +1 832 623 2791 | http://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: RSA v4 4096b: 88AC E9B2 9196 305B A994 7552 F1BA 225C 0223 B187
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