Building the O32 libffi on IRIX 6.5 fails, thus we get a bootstrap failure with --enable-libgcj:
/bin/ksh ./libtool --mode=link /.vol/gcc/obj/gcc-4.0.0-20050414/6.5-gcc-java/gcc/xgcc -B/.vol/gcc/obj/gcc-4.0.0-20050414/6.5-gcc-java/gcc/ -B/.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/bin/ -B/.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/lib/ -isystem /.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/include -isystem /.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/sys-include -mabi=32 -Wall -g -fexceptions -O2 -g -O2 -mabi=32 -mabi=32 -o libffi.la -rpath /.vol/gcc/lib/../lib -version-info `grep -v '^#' /.vol/gcc/src/gcc-4.0-branch-dist/libffi/libtool-version` src/debug.lo src/prep_cif.lo src/types.lo src/raw_api.lo src/java_raw_api.lo src/mips/ffi.lo src/mips/o32.lo src/mips/n32.lo /.vol/gcc/obj/gcc-4.0.0-20050414/6.5-gcc-java/gcc/xgcc -B/.vol/gcc/obj/gcc-4.0.0-20050414/6.5-gcc-java/gcc/ -B/.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/bin/ -B/.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/lib/ -isystem /.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/include -isystem /.vol/gcc/share/mips-sgi-irix6.5/sys-include -mabi=32 -shared src/.libs/debug.o src/.libs/prep_cif.o src/.libs/types.o src/.libs/raw_api.o src/.libs/java_raw_api.o src/mips/.libs/ffi.o src/mips/.libs/o32.o src/mips/.libs/n32.o -lc -Wl,-soname -Wl,libffi.so.5 `test -n "sgi5.0:sgi5.1" && echo -Wl,-set_version -Wl,sgi5.0:sgi5.1` -Wl,-update_registry -Wl,.libs/so_locations -o .libs/libffi.so.5.1 ld: FATAL 45 : Non-PIC (src/mips/.libs/o32.o) used in shared/call_shared link. collect2: ld returned 4 exit status make[8]: *** [libffi.la] Error 1 Obviously the new O32 closure support isn't PIC code, causing the link failure above. This is a regression from 3.4. Environment: System: IRIX64 columba 6.5 10120104 IP27 host: mips-sgi-irix6.5 build: mips-sgi-irix6.5 target: mips-sgi-irix6.5 configured with: /.vol/gcc/src/gcc-4.0-branch-dist/configure --prefix=/.vol/gcc --with-local-prefix=/.vol/gcc --disable-nls --enable-libgcj --with-gmp-dir=/.vol/gcc/obj/gmp-4.1.3 --with-mpfr-dir=/.vol/gcc/obj/gmp-4.1.3 --with-gnu-as --with-as=/homes/ro/bin/gas-2.15 How-To-Repeat: Bootstrap on mips-sgi-irix6.5 with --enable-libgcj. ------- Additional Comments From ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de 2005-06-06 23:04 ------- Fix: Omit --enable-libgcj for now. -- Summary: O32 libffi.so fails to link on IRIX 6 Product: gcc Version: 4.0.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libgcj AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: ro at techfak dot uni-bielefeld dot de CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: mips-sgi-irix6.5 GCC host triplet: mips-sgi-irix6.5 GCC target triplet: mips-sgi-irix6.5 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21943