Date:	Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:01:52 +0200 (WET)
From:	Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT ieva01 DOT lanet DOT lv>
To:	Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
cc:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: binutils building problem
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On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> > > Third problem: strange link message while building binutils 2.9.1:
> > > Well, there's nothing stopping me now, I thought, let's go for
> > > binutils 2.9.1. It seems to make correctly, but I get these strange
> > > messages from the make process (the first two):
> > > 
> > > "gcc -g -o size size.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
> > > f:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: size: warning: .text: line number overflow: 0x16f8b > 0xffff"
> > > 
> > > and 
> > > 
> > > "gcc -g -o objdump objdump.o prdbg.o rddbg.o debug.o stabs.o ieee.o rdcoff.o bucomm.o version.o filemode.o ../opcodes/.libs/libopcodes.a ../bfd/.libs/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a
> > > f:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: objdump: warning: .text: line number overflow: 0x1b314 > 0xffff"
> > > 
> > > There are a total of 16 of such warnings. Are they be taken as
> > > "comiplation failed" or are they harmless? What do they mean (if you
> > > know)?
> > > 
> > 
> > There will be problems with debug info (COFF limitations). Unless You 
> > are going to debug binutils You can ignore them. Or specify 
> > CFLAGS=-O2
> 
> Ok. There isn't anything that can make the debugging work? I don't
> _think_ I'll need that but later on I'll surely will (Murphy's law...).

You may try build part without debug info and part with it.

> 
> > One more question: did You apply patch to fix problem with local 
> > labels I mentioned?
> 
> No, it's a pure tar-ball from a gnu mirror. Where can I get it? I
> don't really need it - right now I don't care if the binaries are
> bloated as long as they function.
> 
You can find patch inside following page
	http://www/delorie.com/howto/djgpp/linux-x-djgpp.html
It's for building cross-binutils but patch can be used also native ones.

> > If You want, I can make available some of my builds of recent binutils 
> > snapshots
> 
> Do they include ELF as a target? (Don't tell anyone but I'm examining
> the possibility to move DJGPP to ELF.)
> 

No.

I did not additionally hack binutils. Snapshots are built without any
patches (problem with local labels is fixed there)

Andris

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