broken 970929 snapshot

[Robert Lipe]

Disclaimer: I don't think I've ever seen an Ultrix system in my life.
I have been known to tinker with MIPS parts, but I think I recognize
the symptoms in your case.

> as0: Error: ./enquire.c, line 1: undefined symbol in expression
>       .word $LECIE1-$LSCIE1

I think you're getting nailed by the same thing that got the OpenServer
COFF port.   You're getting DWARF2 exceptions (you'd have to look at the 
generated assembly to be sure) and they're emitting constructs like
this, but the assembler is unable to handle the subtraction of the 
forward references.   You can roam through the archives for conversations
on this topic.

To prove or disprove this theory, try the following, in decreasing ease:
	Manually compile with file with either -fno-exceptions which 
		turns exceptions off completely.
	Compile the file with -fsjlj-exceptions to force the use of
		the setjmp/longjmp exceptions.
	Install GNU as.

If either of these work, this is very likely your problem.   From here,
your options would include:
	Using the GNU assembler for your target.
	Experimenting with disabling the DWARF2 exceptions by adding a 
			#define DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO 0
		in your tm.h file
		(remember to make clean and rebuild)  This is the 
		approximate equivalent of the -fsjlj-exceptions flag.
	Getting the dwarf2 code to not emit forward refs.


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