kernel suddenly not linking

[Greg Wiley <greg@orthogony.com>]

Hi all-

I have successfully built the 2.4.16 kernel several
times but suddenly cannot.  I am running an up-to-
date Woody and am wondering if some recent package
update(s) might be the problem.  Does anyone have
any idea what would cause the linker output in the
attached text?

TIA,
  -=greg


ld -m elf_i386 -T /home/greg/build/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o init/version.o \
        --start-group \
        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
         drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/char/drm/drm.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o drivers/cdrom/driver.o drivers/sound/sounddrivers.o drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/pnp/pnp.o drivers/video/video.o \
        net/network.o \
        /home/greg/build/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /home/greg/build/linux-2.4.16/lib/lib.a /home/greg/build/linux-2.4.16/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0x174): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
drivers/net/net.o(.data+0xd74): undefined reference to `local symbols in discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1