Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:03:25PM -0500, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just compiled gcc 3.1 from CVS:
> 
> gcc version 3.1 20020216 (experimental) 
> Linux dibbler 2.4.7-2 #1 Tue Aug 14 05:20:08 EDT 2001 i586 unknown
> host: i686-pc-linux-gnu 
> binutils-2.10.91.0.2-3 

FORM 14 is DW_FORM_strp, recently added to GCC.  You need a newer
binutils.

> I am compiling one of my projects, and I am getting strange
> warnings:
> g++ -W -Wall -Wpointer-arith -pipe -O3 -g -Wno-uninitialized    -D_POSIX_THREADS -D_POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS -D_REENTRANT -DACE_HAS_AIO_CALLS  -I/u0/test2/LINUX_GCC3.1/ACE_wrappers/build/LINUX_GCC3.1 -DACE_HAS_RAPI -I/usr/include/rsvp -DACE_HAS_EXCEPTIONS  -L/u0/test2/LINUX_GCC3.1/ACE_wrappers/build/LINUX_GCC3.1/ace -L./ -L/usr/lib/rsvp -o MM_Shared_Memory_Test .obj/MM_Shared_Memory_Test.o  -lACE -ldl -lpthread -lrt
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Invalid or unhandled FORM value: 14.
> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Could not find abbrev number 649.
> .obj/MM_Shared_Memory_Test.o: In function `main':
> .obj/MM_Shared_Memory_Test.o(.text+0x307): the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
> 
> I do get a binary, but these linker warnings are a bit
> disconcerting.
> 
> Who is causing the problem?  Is it gcc or the version
> of binutils I am using? 
> -- 
> Craig Rodrigues        
> http://www.gis.net/~craigr    
> rodrigc@attbi.com
> 

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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
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