Bug#334497: gcc-3.4: boost 1.33.x FTBFS with "cannot handle R_PARISC_PCREL17F..."

2011-06-04 Thread John David Anglin
On Sat, 04 Jun 2011, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > Typically, the cryptic message indicates an overflow of the stub stable > > generated by the linker. > [... lots of helpful details snipped ...] > > Thanks for a nice explanation. Do you mind if I forward this > information to the bug log at 334...

Bug#334497: gcc-3.4: boost 1.33.x FTBFS with "cannot handle R_PARISC_PCREL17F..."

2011-06-04 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Forwarding Dave's explanation (with permission). --- Begin Message --- Typically, the cryptic message indicates an overflow of the stub stable generated by the linker. The stubs are used to make long calls. GCC assumes a fixed size for the table and computes branch distances on this basis. Chang

Bug#334497: gcc-3.4: boost 1.33.x FTBFS with "cannot handle R_PARISC_PCREL17F..."

2011-06-03 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Hi, Domenico Andreoli wrote: > the main part of boost libraries builds correctly without the -mlong-calls > switch, which worked around this bug. instead a similar problem is now > present in the build of Boost.Graph library, which again is worked around > adding -mlong-calls. > > i recently add