BFD assertion fail in ld 2.12

[clock]

Hello

When /usr/lib/libc.so is missing on my system, ld 2.12 writes this
during links time
/usr/local/bin/ld: BFD 2.12 assertion fail elf-strtab.c:262
and generates a binary that always crashes on floating point exception just
after startup

a) ld should not generate any assertion fail under any circumstances
b) If, it should end with $?=1
c) It should not definitely generate a binary in such case, especially not
   a corrupted binary

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Karel 'Clock' Kulhavy