http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50822
--- Comment #4 from Rainer Orth <ro at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-10-25 15:04:19 UTC --- Even with .weakref disabled in gas, gcc emits <symbol> = <nonexistant symbol> which gas silently accepts, while Sun as does not. How is this supposed to work? Rainer