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Re: BFD Error a regression?

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Jerry DeLisle <jvdelisle at verizon dot net>
Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, Fortran List <fortran at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 18:34:18 +0930
Subject: Re: BFD Error a regression?
References: <450C2EC8.4000508@verizon.net> <450C3995.80905@redhat.com> <450C5B3D.7060908@verizon.net>

On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 01:14:53PM -0700, Jerry DeLisle wrote:
> >>BFD: BFD 2.16.91.0.6 20060212 internal error, aborting at 
> >>../../bfd/elfcode.h line 190 in bfd_elf32_swap_symbol_in

This one should just be an error, because you can tickle it with bad
user input.  "Internal error", signifying some sort of internal BFD
code bug, is not really appropriate here.

> I observed that ar and ranlib are invoked by make to build the LAPACK 
> libraries. I was using make -j3 to do this.  When I do not use the -j 
>  option the build proceeds normally, so I am OK here.

I suspect ar or ranlib is trying to read an object file that hasn't
been completely written.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

References:
- BFD Error a regression?
  - From: Jerry DeLisle
- Re: BFD Error a regression?
  - From: Nick Clifton
- Re: BFD Error a regression?
  - From: Jerry DeLisle

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