From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6844 invoked by alias); 4 Dec 2001 18:36:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-prs-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-prs-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 6819 invoked by uid 71); 4 Dec 2001 18:36:00 -0000 Resent-Date: 4 Dec 2001 18:36:00 -0000 Resent-Message-ID: <20011204183600.6818.qmail@sources.redhat.com> Resent-From: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org Resent-Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org Resent-Reply-To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org, chrb@dcs.ed.ac.uk Received:(qmail 1745 invoked by uid 61); 4 Dec 2001 18:27:29 -0000 Message-Id:<20011204182729.1744.qmail@sources.redhat.com> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 10:36:00 -0000 From: chrb@dcs.ed.ac.uk Reply-To: chrb@dcs.ed.ac.uk To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org X-Send-Pr-Version:gnatsweb-2.9.2 (1.1.1.1.2.21) Subject: target/5010: building for i386-coff target fails X-SW-Source: 2001-12/txt/msg00313.txt.bz2 List-Id: >Number: 5010 >Category: target >Synopsis: building for i386-coff target fails >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: unassigned >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Tue Dec 04 10:36:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: chrb@dcs.ed.ac.uk >Release: all >Organization: >Environment: host i686 linux 2.4.9-13, observed in others >Description: building a cross compiler to target i386-coff fails with a message like: > /tmp/ccKOIPkR.s: Assembler messages: > /tmp/ccKOIPkR.s:113: Error: Alignment not a power of 2 Google searches showed that this error has happened for a lot of other people over the years. I have verified its still present in the latest cvs snapshot gcc-20011203. >How-To-Repeat: ../configure --target=i386-coff --with-newlib --enable-languages="c,c++" make >Fix: I found a fix here http://sources.redhat.com/ml/crossgcc/2001-03/msg00173.html. I haven't personally tried it (switched to elf instead) but it seems to work for others. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: