[Bug gold/14754] New: referring to undefined symbol results in internal error instead of helpful error message

[vapier at gentoo dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14754

             Bug #: 14754
           Summary: referring to undefined symbol results in internal
                    error instead of helpful error message
           Product: binutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gold
        AssignedTo: address@hidden
        ReportedBy: address@hidden
                CC: address@hidden
    Classification: Unclassified
            Target: x86_64-linux-gnu


with binutils 2.23.51.0.3, this code:
$ cat test.s
.type foo,%gnu_indirect_function
.globl _start
_start:
        call foo

will cause gold to hit an internal error:
$ gcc test.s -nostdlib
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.7.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
internal error in dynsym_index, at
/var/tmp/portage/sys-devel/binutils-2.23.51.0.3/work/binutils-2.23.51.0.3/gold/symtab.h:380
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

the bfd linker issues a good error message:
$ gcc test.s -nostdlib
/tmp/ccNn3sd8.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x1): undefined reference to `foo'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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