[Bug libfortran/40344] O32 libgfortran.so fails to link on IRIX 6.5

[ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de]

------- Comment #3 from ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de  2009-06-15 16:51 -------
Subject: Re:  O32 libgfortran.so fails to link on IRIX 6.5

rwild at gcc dot gnu dot org writes:

> Would it help to work around this issue by collecting the objects in one or
> more
> convenience archives and linking those (plus at least one plain object)
> together
> to form libgfortran.la?  The intermediate partially linked objects could hit a
> different code path in the linker (but could also cause for some less-optimal
> linking, at least with LTO?).  Of course 'ld -r' has been known to expose other
> linker bugs so this might be trading one issue for an unknown other set...

A quick test indicates that this doesn't help.  I'm inclined to just drop
O32 ABI support given SGIs inability to fix (or even explain) the issue.
The N32/N64 linker is completely different and not hampered by such
problems.

        Rainer


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40344