Hi all, I have made some progress on this bug, though it has not progress in the expected direction. In other words I got some surprises.
First of all it the bug has been introduced in binutils when introducing the MIPS PLT support [1] (commits around 2008-08-08). I am still convinced it is actually a binutils bug. Secondly, if the problem is actually not present in gcc-snapshot in gcc 4.5 we have *in Debian*, it is not due to the fix linked in the bugzilla entry. It is due to the fact we default to -mplt on these compilers. It is possible to workaround the bug on gcc 4.4 using -mplt (like it is possible to workaround it by dropping the -g). Given all of that, the only forseen solution for this fix is to also default to -mplt on gcc 4.4. It also brings speed improvements, as well as some more "standard" binaries with regard to other architectures. On the other hand, I understand it is something quite risky so close to a release. If we go for this solution, we may want to trigger a rebuild of part of the archive as it is currently done on sparc. Cheers, Aurelien [1] http://readlist.com/lists/gcc.gnu.org/gcc/4/22455.html diff -u gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/changelog gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/changelog --- gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/changelog +++ gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +gcc-4.4 (4.4.4-11+mipsplt) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + [ Aurelien Jarno ] + * Default to -mplt on mips(el). + + -- Aurelien Jarno <aure...@debian.org> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:58:29 +0000 + gcc-4.4 (4.4.4-11) unstable; urgency=medium * Update to SVN 20100824 from the gcc-4_4-branch (r163521). diff -u gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/rules2 gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/rules2 --- gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/rules2 +++ gcc-4.4-4.4.4/debian/rules2 @@ -384,12 +384,14 @@ endif ifneq (,$(findstring mips-linux,$(DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE))) + CONFARGS += --with-mips-plt ifeq ($(biarchn32)-$(biarch64),yes-yes) CONFARGS += --enable-targets=all endif endif ifneq (,$(findstring mipsel-linux,$(DEB_TARGET_GNU_TYPE))) + CONFARGS += --with-mips-plt ifeq ($(biarchn32)-$(biarch64),yes-yes) CONFARGS += --enable-targets=all endif -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gcc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100830204425.ga22...@volta.aurel32.net
