gold and shared objects with gcc 4.1.2

[Roland Baumann]

Hi,

I have a problem with gcc 4.1.2 and the gold linker (from binutils 
2.19). We build shared objects with options "-s" and "-shared" together. 
This leads to assertions in the gold linker. In most cases I
see

.../gold/real-ld: internal error in get_output_view, at
...src/binutils-2.19/gold/output.h:3081
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

But for the very simple example provided below, I see a different assertion:

.../gold/real-ld: internal error in write_local_symbols, at 
.../src/binutils-2.19/gold/object.cc:1471
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

The example to trigger this error is:

----------------------------------------------
#include <iostream>
void print() {
  std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
}
----------------------------------------------

I compile this with:

> g++-4.1.2 -c test_shared.cc -o test_shared.o
> g++-4.1.2 -B <path_to_gold> -shared -s test_shared.o -o test_shared.so

If I do the link with gcc 3.4.4 + gold (with the gcc 4.1.2 compiled 
object file) the error does not occur! So I am really wondering what 
goes on.

The ld linker also works with gcc 4.1.2. I can also do the linking with 
gcc 4.1.2 + gold if I omit the "-s" option.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Roland