-lxerces-c causes ld to core...

["Tovrea, George W (US SSA)" <ge...@baesystems.com>]

System:
tovrea@warhol%uname -a
IRIX64 warhol 6.5 07010238 IP35

Using:

libxerces-c.so.28.0
%file /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/lib/libxerces-c.so.28.0
/home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/lib/libxerces-c.so.28.0:  ELF N32 MSB mips-3 dynamic lib MIPS - version 1

%ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.20.51.20090910
%file /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/ld
/home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/ld:   ELF N32 MSB mips-3 dynamic executable (not stripped) MIPS - version 1

%g++ --version
g++ (GCC) 4.3.0
%file /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/g++
/home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/g++:  ELF N32 MSB mips-3 dynamic executable (not stripped) MIPS - version 1

Core stack looks something like:

>  0 _bfd_default_error_handler(fmt = <illegal>, ... = <void>) ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/bfd/bfd.c":574, 0x100389b4]
   1 bfd_elf_link_add_symbols(abfd = <illegal>, info = <illegal>) ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/bfd/elflink.c":7656, 0x10093360]
   2 gldelf32bmipn32_try_needed(needed = <illegal>, force = <illegal>) ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/ld/eelf32bmipn32.c":1000, 0x1002a9b4]
   3 irix_after_open() ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/ld/eelf32bmipn32.c":1000, 0x1002b118]
   4 lang_process() ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/ld/ldlang.c":4315, 0x1001bca0]
   5 main(argc = <illegal>, argv = <illegal>) ["/home/users/tovrea/BINUTILS/binutils-2.20.51/ld/./ldmain.c":895, 0x10020f44]
   6 __start() ["/xlv55/kudzu-apr12/work/irix/lib/libc/libc_n32_M3/csu/crt1text.s":177, 0x10008d28]
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Has anyone seen this problem on SGI or any other platform? If so, is there a solution?

Bill Tovrea

BAE Systems

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San Diego, CA 92127

Telephone: (858) 592-5292

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E-mail: George.Tovrea@baesystems.com

Re: -lxerces-c causes ld to core...

[Boris Kolpackov <bo...@codesynthesis.com>]

Hi George,

Tovrea, George W (US SSA) <ge...@baesystems.com> writes:

> %ld --version
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.20.51.20090910
> %file /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/ld
> /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/ld:   ELF N32 MSB mips-3 dynamic executable (not stripped) MIPS - version 1
> 
> %g++ --version
> g++ (GCC) 4.3.0
> %file /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/g++
> /home/users/tovrea/local/sgi6/bin/g++:  ELF N32 MSB mips-3 dynamic executable (not stripped) MIPS - version 1

Have you tried to use IRIX ld instead of GNU ld  with gcc? You may have 
to downgrade gcc to an earlier version (e.g., 3.4.x) to be able to build
it. I think on most non-GNU platforms you need to use native ld.

Boris

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