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Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 03:26:40 +0100
From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Why is collect2 installed with pgcc-1.0/pgcc-1.0.1?
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On Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 04:54:33PM -0800, SL Baur wrote:
> I am having a problem with random memory corruption and crashes in a
> 100% C program that have been traced to constructor/destructor code in 
> libgcc.a/frame.o.  I have verified that if I let pgcc have its way
> linking, it will insert the bad code.  If I hand link with
> /usr/bin/ld, everything is O.K.
> 
> Is there a way to get a handle on why it feels a need to insert
> constructors and destructors in a C program?  Or, can collect2 not be
> installed?
> 
> I note that HJ Lu's binary kit of GCC-2.7.2.3 does not have collect2
> installed.

gcc-2.7.2.3 is obsolete (C++ wise) ;) now, collect2 is necessary on all
systems with egcs-1.0 (for people that don´t know what we are talking about,
collect2 is usually installed as gcc-libdir/ld)

If you get errors only when collect2 is installed, we probably have a (more or
less serious) compiler bug. What bad code is inserted? Can you send
me a testcase? Do you have binutils-2.8.1.0.15 or newer?

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