2005-02-12, the link error is known on mips{,el}-linux, first time I see it on alpha-linux as well.
Matthias Creating list of files to link... /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/sys-include -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libjava -mieee -g -O2 -o libgcj.la -objectlist libgcj.objectlist \ external/sax/libsax_convenience.la external/w3c_dom/libw3c_convenience.la ../libffi/libffi_convenience.la ../boehm-gc/libgcjgc_convenience.la gnu/regexp/MessagesBundle.properties.lo gnu/regexp/MessagesBundle_fr.properties.lo org/ietf/jgss/MessagesBundle.properties.lo \ -rpath /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib -rpath /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/lib -lpthread ./libltdl/libltdlc.la -lz -version-info `grep -v '^#' ../../../src/libjava/libtool-version` creating reloadable object files... creating a temporary reloadable object file: .libs/libgcj.la-2.o ld -r -o .libs/libgcj.la-1.o .libs/prims.o .libs/jni.o .libs/exception.o .libs/link.o .libs/defineclass.o .libs/interpret.o .libs/verify.o gnu/gcj/.libs/natCore.o gnu/gcj/convert/.libs/JIS0208_to_Unicode.o gnu/gcj/convert/.libs/JIS0212_to_Unicode.o [...] gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Predicate.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Path.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/OrExpr.o ld -r -o .libs/libgcj.la-2.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/LangFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/StartsWithFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/SubstringAfterFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/FloorFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/NotFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Root.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/PositionFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/VariableReference.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/DocumentOrderComparator.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/LocalNameFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/NamespaceUriFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/TranslateFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/FalseFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/AndExpr.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/XPathParser.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/NamespaceTest.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/ConcatFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/NameTest.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/CountFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/IdFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/LastFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/XPathTokenizer.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Steps.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/TrueFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/BooleanFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/ParenthesizedExpr.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/XPathImpl.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Selector.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/RoundFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/SubstringBeforeFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Function.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/CeilingFunction.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/RelationalExpr.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/FunctionCall.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/NodeTypeTest.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/ArithmeticExpr.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/Test.o gnu/xml/xpath/.libs/ContainsFunction.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/EventFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/NSFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/XsltFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/ValidationConsumer.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/PipelineFactory.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/TextConsumer.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/LinkFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/TeeConsumer.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/DomConsumer.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/EventConsumer.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/WellFormednessFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/XIncludeFilter.o gnu/xml/pipeline/.libs/CallFilter.o gnu/xml/aelfred2/.libs/XmlParser.o gnu/xml/aelfred2/.libs/XmlReader.o gnu/xml/aelfred2/.libs/JAXPFactory.o gnu/xml/aelfred2/.libs/ContentHandler2.o gnu/xml/aelfred2/.libs/SAXDriver.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/XCat.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/DomParser.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/XMLWriter.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/Resolver.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/DoParse.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/XHTMLWriter.o gnu/xml/util/.libs/SAXNullTransformerFactory.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomCDATA.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomXPathNSResolver.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/DomLSEx.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/FilteredSAXEventSink.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/DomLSSerializer.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/DomLSInput.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/DomLSOutput.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/SAXEventSink.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/DomLSParser.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/ReaderInputStream.o gnu/xml/dom/ls/.libs/WriterOutputStream.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomElement.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNsNode.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomAttr.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomPI.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DTDAttributeTypeInfo.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomDocumentBuilder.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DTDElementTypeInfo.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomEx.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomDocument.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomXPathExpression.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomDocumentConfiguration.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/Consumer.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomComment.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomCharacterData.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomExtern.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomEntityReference.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNamedNodeMap.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/ImplementationList.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/ImplementationSource.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomImpl.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomDoctype.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNode.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomXPathResult.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomDocumentBuilderFactory.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomText.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNSResolverContext.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNodeIterator.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomNotation.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/JAXPFactory.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomIterator.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomFragment.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomEvent.o gnu/xml/dom/.libs/DomEntity.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/GenerateIdFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/FormatNumberFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ValueOfNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ApplyImportsNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/WithParam.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/DocumentFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/SAXSerializer.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/FunctionAvailableFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ElementAvailableFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/IfNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ApplyTemplatesNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/SortKey.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/Key.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ElementNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/CurrentFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/XSLComparator.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/CallTemplateNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TemplatesImpl.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ChooseNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/NumberNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/CopyOfNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ParameterNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TransformerFactoryImpl.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TextNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/CopyNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/SystemPropertyFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/Stylesheet.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ProcessingInstructionNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/UnparsedEntityUriFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/URIResolverEntityResolver.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ErrorListenerErrorHandler.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/Bindings.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/AttributeSet.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/Template.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/MessageNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/LiteralNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/StreamSerializer.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/XSLURIResolver.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/AttributeNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/CommentNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/ForEachNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/KeyFunction.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TransformerImpl.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/WhenNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/NodeNumberNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/OtherwiseNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/AbstractNumberNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TemplateNode.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/TransformerOutputProperties.o gnu/xml/transform/.libs/DOMSourceLocator.o java/lang/.libs/ConcreteProcess.o gnu/classpath/.libs/Configuration.o .libs/boehm.o .libs/posix.o .libs/posix-threads.o gnu/regexp/.libs/MessagesBundle.properties.o gnu/regexp/.libs/MessagesBundle_fr.properties.o org/ietf/jgss/.libs/MessagesBundle.properties.o .libs/libgcj.la-1.o /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/ -nostdinc++ -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc-snapshot/alpha-linux-gnu/sys-include -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/crti.o /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/crtbeginS.o .libs/libgcj.la-2.o -Wl,--whole-archive external/sax/.libs/libsax_convenience.a external/w3c_dom/.libs/libw3c_convenience.a ../libffi/.libs/libffi_convenience.a ../boehm-gc/.libs/libgcjgc_convenience.a ./libltdl/.libs/libltdlc.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/alpha-linux-gnu/libjava external/sax/.libs/libsax_convenience.a external/w3c_dom/.libs/libw3c_convenience.a ../libffi/.libs/libffi_convenience.a ../boehm-gc/.libs/libgcjgc_convenience.a -lpthread ./libltdl/.libs/libltdlc.a -ldl -lz -L/build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc -lgcc_s -lc -lgcc_s /build/buildd/gcc-snapshot-20050212/build/gcc/crtendS.o /usr/lib/crtn.o -Wl,-soname -Wl,libgcj.so.6 -o .libs/libgcj.so.6.0.0 /usr/bin/ld: .libs/libgcj.la-2.o: .got subsegment exceeds 64K (size 109416) /usr/bin/ld: failed to set dynamic section sizes: File format not recognized collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[5]: *** [libgcj.la] Error 1 -- Summary: [4.0 regression] [alpha-linux] bootstrap error linking libgcj Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: target AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: debian-gcc at lists dot debian dot org CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: alpha-linux GCC host triplet: alpha-linux GCC target triplet: alpha-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19934