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From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dani=EBl_H=F6rchner?= (dbjh AT gmx DOT net) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Bug report: Syntax error in (built in) linker scripts (I386GO32.XR & I386GO32.XU) / ld -r & ld -Ur broken.
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 01:28:29 +0100
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi,

Since the bug report page is not working I chose this communication channel.

The version of DJDEV I used is 2.05. The bug is present in GNU Binutils 2.25.1 
(for DJGPP V2), 2.25, 2.24 r2, 2.24, 2.23, 2.22 r4, 2.22 r3, 2.22 r2, 2.22 and 
probably all versions after 2.19. I report it here, because the linker scripts 
are part of DJGPP, not GNU Binutils.

ld -r is broken, because the associated built in linker script, I386GO32.XR, 
contains a syntax error. ld -Ur is broken too, because I386GO32.XU contains 
the same syntax error.

The command ld -r gives the following output:
>ld -r
ld:built in linker script:21: syntax error

When specifying the associated linker script I got:
>ld -r -T C:\DJGPP\LIB\LDSCRIPT\I386GO32.XR
ld:I386GO32.XR:21: syntax error

The relevant part of the linker script C:\DJGPP\LIB\LDSCRIPT\I386GO32.XR:
19:    /* Ugly workaround to prevent entire .bss to have attribute CONTENT */
20:    /* for C++ executables. */
21:    *()

However, when I look at the relevant part of the working linker script C:
\DJGPP\LIB\LDSCRIPT\I386GO32.X (with the exact same comment) I see:
38:    *( .bss.*)

After changing C:\DJGPP\LIB\LDSCRIPT\I386GO32.XR to:
21:    *(.bss.*)

I can work around the issue by specifying the linker script on the command 
line:
>ld -r -T C:\DJGPP\LIB\LDSCRIPT\I386GO32.XR
ld: no input files

It would be nice if this bug could be solved after almost 4 years.

Kind regards,
Daniël