Bug#281445: gcc-3.3: generated object file cannot be linked

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

Yann Dirson writes:
> Package: gcc-3.3
> Version: 1:3.3.5-2
> Severity: important
> 
> When building memtest86 with gcc-3.3, we get the following failure at
> link-time:
> 
> gcc-3.3 -c -m32 -fPIC -Wall -O -fno-strict-aliasing reloc.c

which compiler/architecture do you use? The current memtest package uses:

gcc -c -Wall -march=i486 -Os -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -fPIC reloc.c

> [...]
> ld --warn-constructors --warn-common -static -T memtest_shared.lds -o memtest_shared head.o reloc.o main.o test.o init.o lib.o patn.o screen_buffer.o config.o linuxbios.o memsize.o pci.o controller.o random.o extra.o
> __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx: discarded in section .gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' from reloc.o
> 
> It does build fine with both gcc_3.2.3-9 and gcc_3.4.2-3.

hmm, it builds fine for me using the current gcc-3.3 in unstable.

	Matthias