Bug#130591: gcc: gcc produces broken executable big static arrays are in use

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> drow@nevyn:~% dpkg -l gcc-2.95 binutils
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                 Version              Description
> +++-====================-====================-========================================================
> ii  gcc-2.95             2.95.4-1             The GNU C compiler.
> ii  binutils             2.11.92.0.12.3-5     The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities.
> drow@nevyn:~% gcc delme.c                
> delme.c: In function `main':
> delme.c:12: warning: return type of `main' is not `int'
> drow@nevyn:~% file a.out
> a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
> drow@nevyn:~% ./a.out
> 
> Please try again.

Notice you have different gcc version, and very different binutils
version.

I certainly tried that few times. Could you possibly update your
binutils and try again?


> > Package: gcc
> > Version: 2:2.95.4-9
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > 
> > -- System Information
> > Debian Release: 3.0
> > Kernel Version: Linux amd 2.5.2 #92 Sun Jan 20 23:25:47 CET 2002 i686 unknown
> > 
> > Versions of the packages gcc depends on:
> > ii  cpp            2.95.4-9       The GNU C preprocessor.
> > ii  cpp-2.95       2.95.4-0.01100 The GNU C preprocessor.
> > ii  gcc-2.95       2.95.4-0.01100 The GNU C compiler.
> > 
> > 
> > gcc produces _statically linked_ executable even if not asked for, and
> > the executable is b0rken.
> > 
> > pavel@amd:~/sf/nltools/slm$ cat delme.c
> > 
> > struct foo {
> >   void *hash[6000000];
> >   void *hash2[6000000];
> >   void *hash3[6000000];
> >   void *hash4[60000000];
> > };
> > 
> > struct foo a;
> > 
> > void
> > main(void)
> > {
> > }
> > pavel@amd:~/sf/nltools/slm$ gcc delme.c
> > delme.c: In function `main':
> > delme.c:13: warning: return type of `main' is not `int'
> > pavel@amd:~/sf/nltools/slm$ ldd a.out
> >         not a dynamic executable
> > pavel@amd:~/sf/nltools/slm$ gcc --version
> > 2.95.4
> > pavel@amd:~/sf/nltools/slm$
> > 
> > If hash4 array is 10 times smaller, everything behaves okay. What is
> > worse, resulting binary (of bigger project) is broken, and gdb crashes
> > on that.
> > 								Pavel
> > 
> > 
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