The simple linker script:
"EXTERN (bah)"
causes the linker to fail with:
"syntax error"
The problem appears to be with the string "bah" specifically.
This is a regression from 2.15 and is present on the latest svn snapshot
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Summary: Simple linker script casues spurious error message
Product: binutils
Version: 2.19
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: P3
Component: ld
AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: richard dot barton at arm dot com
CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
GCC build triplet: x86-pc-linux-gnu
GCC host triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu and arm-none-gnueabi ( I imagine it
doesn't
GCC target triplet: ditto
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9797
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