[Bug c++/70305] 5.3.0 solaris: ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_DISP32: file ../src/c++11/.libs/libc++11convenience.a

[ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70305

Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |WAITING
   Last reconfirmed|                            |2016-03-24
                 CC|                            |ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #2 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
> Example showing where the `-z relax=comdat` flag needed to be applied in the
> generated configure files to get a working build. Ultimately this flag
> should not be necessary and the compiler should be emitting correct
> relocations.

This looks like the Solaris linker putting itself in a corner: if it cannot
deal with relocations to discarded sections, then it should not discard the
sections in the first place!  Please report this to Oracle first.