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Am 04.06.2015 05:54, schrieb Andris Pavenis (andris DOT pavenis AT iki DOT fi):
> On 06/02/2015 11:43 PM, Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) wrote:
>> This is a port of GNU binutils 2.25 to MSDOS/DJGPP.
>>
>> The GNU binutils are utilities of use when dealing with binary files, either
>> object files or executables. These tools consist of the linker (ld), the
>> assembler (gas), and the profiler (gprof). There is also a collection of
>> other binary tools, including the disassembler (objdump). These tools make
>> use of a pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files.
>>
>>
>>
>> DJGPP specific changes.
>> =======================
>> - This is an bug fix update.
>> This update provides all DJGPP specific features than presented in the
>> previous release. Please see:
>> http://www.delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi?p=djgpp-announce/2014/12/27/22:55:14
>>
>> - The previous port has a bug that is not related to any DJGPP specific changes.
>> This bug is a genuine binutils bug and can be reproduced by compiling the original
>> code from binutils-2.25.tar.gz.
>> The bug can be triggered by compiling a simple hello-world program.
>> This program must be compiled using a freshly compiled libc.a from repository
>> using the linker from binutils-2.25. The bug will not be triggered if some
>> old libc.a from djdev204 djdev203 is used. Those libraries and crt0.o have
>> been compiled with some old bug free version of binutils.
>>
>> It becomes impossible to debug the produced binary. If gdb is used to step
>> through the code, the following error message will be displayed:
>
> Also fixes problem with DXEs reported earlier:
>
> DXE tests from beta/v2/djtest205.zip failed when first DJGPP release of binutils-2.25 was used and passed with binutils-2.24.
> These tests pass also with this release
>
> Andris
>


Yes I verified this with fixed bnu225b (fixed) and gcc491 too.

Regards,
Juan M. Guerrero