[Bug c++/16625] Discarded Linkonce sections in .rodata

["hjl at lucon dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #35 from hjl at lucon dot org  2007-03-02 19:43 -------
(In reply to comment #34)
> Could the be related to
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-08/msg00187.html?
> 
> I'm getting those linker errors with both gcc 4.1.1 and gcc 4.1.2 on
> x86-Solaris with GNU ld from binutils-070227, but only when compiling with -O2
> or -O3, but not with -O0.
> 
> The referenced symbols shows up (gnm -a *.o) in several objects like this:
> 
> 0000000000000000 t .gnu.linkonce.t._ZN10otl_streamlsEj
> 0000000000000000 W _ZN10otl_streamlsEj
> 
> But in the object mentioned in the error messages like this:
> 
> 0000000000000000 r .gnu.linkonce.r._ZN10otl_streamlsEj
> 0000000000000000 t .gnu.linkonce.t._ZN10otl_streamlsEj
> 0000000000000000 W _ZN10otl_streamlsEj
> 
> One possible workaround is to reorder the objects during link, so that those
> with .gnu.linkonce.r.* come first.
> 
> If this a compiler or a linker bug? (I'd blame the linker ;))
> 


It is most likely a Solaris specific compiler bug.


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