http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48094
Summary: ld: warning: section has unexpectedly large size errors in objc/obj-c++ lto Product: gcc Version: 4.6.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: lto AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: howa...@nitro.med.uc.edu A large number of new failures occur in the objc/obj-c++ testsuite when built under Xcode 4.0 on x86_64-apple-darwin10. These failures are all of the form... Executing on host: /sw/src/fink.build/gcc46-4.6.0-1000/darwin_objdir/gcc/xgcc -B/sw/src/fink.build/gcc46-4.6.0-1000/darwin_objdir/gcc/ objc_lto_trivial-1_0.o -O0 -flto -flto-partition=none -fnext-runtime -B/sw/src/fink.build/gcc46-4.6.0-1000/darwin_objdir/x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.0/i386/libobjc/.libs -L/sw/src/fink.build/gcc46-4.6.0-1000/darwin_objdir/x86_64-apple-darwin10.7.0/i386/libobjc/.libs -lobjc -m32 -o objc-dg-lto-trivial-1-21 (timeout = 300) ld: warning: section __OBJC/__image_info has unexpectedly large size 16 in /var/tmp//ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M Undefined symbols for architecture i386:^M ".objc_class_name_myRootObject", referenced from:^M pointer-to-literal-objc-class-name in ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M pointer-to-literal-objc-class-name in ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386^M collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M compiler exited with status 1 output is: ld: warning: section __OBJC/__image_info has unexpectedly large size 16 in /var/tmp//ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M Undefined symbols for architecture i386:^M ".objc_class_name_myRootObject", referenced from:^M pointer-to-literal-objc-class-name in ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M pointer-to-literal-objc-class-name in ccMlEsXS.lto.o^M ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture i386^M collect2: ld returned 1 exit status^M FAIL: objc.dg/lto/trivial-1 objc_lto_trivial-1_0.o-objc_lto_trivial-1_0.o link, -O0 -flto -flto-partition=none -fnext-runtime The ld warning for "unexpectedly large size" is always associated with an undefined symbol for .objc_class_name_myRootObject.