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Subject: Re: question: i386 ld.gold reports "internal error" linking files
 with SHT_RELA section
To: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 7:39 AM Xi Ruoyao via Binutils
<binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> Building SeaMonkey on i686 results:
>
>     "/usr/bin/ld.gold: internal error in relocate_section, at ../../gold/i386.cc:3683"
>
> i386.cc:3683 is:
>
>     gold_assert(sh_type == elfcpp::SHT_REL);
>
> AFAIK i386 normally use SHT_REL and x86_64 normally use SHT_RELA.  But
> we've found that nasm-2.15.05 generates SHT_RELA for i386 as well.
>
> So should SHT_RELA be allowed for i386 at all?  If "yes" we should fix
> it for gold, if "no" we should fix it for nasm.
> --
> Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
> School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University

 SHT_RELA shouldn't be used for i386.

-- 
H.J.