internal ld error building gcc 4.2 (20060729) snapshot on i386 Centos 4.3

[Andrew Roberts]

I've logged a binutils bug for this as bug id 2979. There is more info with 
the binutils bug report. I've been able to build older snapshots on this 
system.

[root@barn objdir]# 
../gcc-4.2-20060513/configure --prefix=/usr/local/gcc-4.2 --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix 
 --disable-checking --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions 
 --host=i386-redhat-linux --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --program-suffix=42 
 --disable-libgcj
[root@barn objdir]# make bootstrap
...snip...
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag CXX --mode=link 
/root/objdir/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/root/objdir/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src 
 -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/bin/ 
 -B/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/lib/ -isystem 
/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/include -isystem 
/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/sys-include -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro  -fno-implicit-templates 
 -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual  -fdiagnostics-show-location=once 
  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections   -o libstdc++.la -rpath 
/usr/local/gcc-4.2/lib -version-info 
6:9:0 -Wl,--version-script=libstdc++-symbols.ver -lm  bitmap_allocator.lo 
pool_allocator.lo mt_allocator.lo codecvt.lo compatibility.lo complex_io.lo 
ctype.lo debug.lo debug_list.lo functexcept.lo globals_io.lo ios.lo 
ios_failure.lo ios_init.lo ios_locale.lo limits.lo list.lo locale.lo 
locale_init.lo locale_facets.lo localename.lo stdexcept.lo strstream.lo 
tree.lo allocator-inst.lo concept-inst.lo fstream-inst.lo ext-inst.lo 
ios-inst.lo iostream-inst.lo istream-inst.lo istream.lo locale-inst.lo 
misc-inst.lo ostream-inst.lo sstream-inst.lo streambuf-inst.lo streambuf.lo 
string-inst.lo valarray-inst.lo wlocale-inst.lo wstring-inst.lo atomicity.lo 
codecvt_members.lo collate_members.lo ctype_members.lo messages_members.lo 
monetary_members.lo numeric_members.lo time_members.lo basic_file.lo 
c++locale.lo  ../libmath/libmath.la ../libsupc++/libsupc++convenience.la -lm
 /root/objdir/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/root/objdir/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src 
 -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/bin/ 
 -B/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/lib/ -isystem 
/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/include -isystem 
/usr/local/gcc-4.2/i386-redhat-linux/sys-include -shared -nostdlib 
/usr/lib/crti.o /root/objdir/./gcc/crtbeginS.o  .libs/bitmap_allocator.o 
.libs/pool_allocator.o .libs/mt_allocator.o .libs/codecvt.o 
.libs/compatibility.o .libs/complex_io.o .libs/ctype.o .libs/debug.o 
.libs/debug_list.o .libs/functexcept.o .libs/globals_io.o .libs/ios.o 
.libs/ios_failure.o .libs/ios_init.o .libs/ios_locale.o .libs/limits.o 
.libs/list.o .libs/locale.o .libs/locale_init.o .libs/locale_facets.o 
.libs/localename.o .libs/stdexcept.o .libs/strstream.o .libs/tree.o 
.libs/allocator-inst.o .libs/concept-inst.o .libs/fstream-inst.o 
.libs/ext-inst.o .libs/ios-inst.o .libs/iostream-inst.o .libs/istream-inst.o 
.libs/istream.o .libs/locale-inst.o .libs/misc-inst.o .libs/ostream-inst.o 
.libs/sstream-inst.o .libs/streambuf-inst.o .libs/streambuf.o 
.libs/string-inst.o .libs/valarray-inst.o .libs/wlocale-inst.o 
.libs/wstring-inst.o .libs/atomicity.o .libs/codecvt_members.o 
.libs/collate_members.o .libs/ctype_members.o .libs/messages_members.o 
.libs/monetary_members.o .libs/numeric_members.o .libs/time_members.o 
.libs/basic_file.o .libs/c++locale.o -Wl,--whole-archive 
../libmath/.libs/libmath.a 
../libsupc++/.libs/libsupc++convenience.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive  -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src 
 -L/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -lm 
../libmath/.libs/libmath.a -lm 
../libsupc++/.libs/libsupc++convenience.a -lm -L/root/objdir/./gcc -lgcc_s -lc 
 -lgcc_s -lm -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s   /root/objdir
/./gcc/crtendS.o 
/usr/lib/crtn.o  -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -Wl,--version-script=libstdc++-symbols.ver 
 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libstdc++.so.6 -o .libs/libstdc++.so.6.0.9/usr/bin/ld: BFD 
2.15.92.0.2 20040927 internal error, aborting at ../../bfd/elf32-i386.c line 
2262 in elf_i386_relocate_section

/usr/bin/ld: Please report this bug.

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [libstdc++.la] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3/src'
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/objdir/i386-redhat-linux/libstdc++-v3'
make[1]: *** [all-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/objdir'
make: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

Andrew Roberts