https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33485
Bug ID: 33485 Summary: ar: Maps in a.out thin archives missing symbols for subsequent members Product: binutils Version: unspecified Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: binutils Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org Reporter: macro at orcam dot me.uk Target Milestone: --- Target: i[3-7]86-*-bsd* i[3-7]86-*-msdos* pdp11-*-* For i386 and PDP-11 a.out targets given these sources and recipe: $ cat a.s .data .globl aa aa: .dc.a bb $ cat b.s .data .globl bb bb: .dc.a aa $ as -o a.o a.s $ as -o b.o b.s $ ar rcT abt.a a.o b.o $ an archive is produced that only has symbols from a.o in the map: $ nm --print-armap abt.a Archive index: aa in tmpdir/a.o bb tmpdir/a.o: 00000000 D aa U bb tmpdir/b.o: U aa 00000000 D bb $ The same recipe works for all other targets, producing correct contents, e.g.: $ i386-linux-nm abt.a Archive index: aa in tmpdir/a.o bb in tmpdir/b.o tmpdir/a.o: 00000000 D aa U bb tmpdir/b.o: U aa 00000000 D bb $ Consistently, the archive also fails link: $ cat abc.s .text .globl ff ff: .data .globl cc cc: .dc.a aa, bb $ as -o abc.o abc.s $ ld -o abtc -e ff abc.o abt.a ld: abt.a: error adding symbols: no more archived files $ Here it works for most other targets, except for Alpha/ECOFF ones which fail for another reason. I've examined the state as at commit a8da6403829d ("Add support for thin archives.") and it produced the same results, so it's not a regression and thin archives have never worked for these a.out targets. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.