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Re: 3.4/3.5 PATCH: Fix IRIX 5 bootstrap
Richard Sandiford writes:
> Hmm. From a quick look at varasm.c, I couldn't see how defining
> BSS_SECTION_ASM_OP (and only defining BSS_SECTION_ASM_OP) would change
> the way gcc deals with the no_named_sections case. Does it really have
> an effect?
It seems you're right. I'll give it a try and see what I find.
> If http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-09/msg01064.html
> is anything to go by, the ld problem is caused by a label at the
> end of the data section. Specifically the label passed to s_stop().
which might be .bss in disguise.
> Where is this label placed for IRIX 5 after your current patch?
I haven't bootstrapped g77 yet (only C and Ada until I can sort out the
comparison failures most likely caused by the ancient bootstrap compiler).
I'll have a look once this is done and I run a full bootstrap with all
languages (well, without Java for now).
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University