Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: binutils

qt4-x11 FTBFS on powerpc due to a segfault in ld resulting from the use
of --gc-sections:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36909898/buildlog_ubuntu-lucid-
powerpc.qt4-x11_4%3A4.6.0-1ubuntu3_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

Still working on reducing the test case, but here's a minimal ld command
line that reproduces the problem:

$ gdb ld
(gdb) run --gc-sections -shared -o libQtWebKit.so.4.6.0 
obj/release/pcre_compile.o obj/release/pcre_ucp_searchfuncs.o
Starting program: /usr/bin/ld --gc-sections -shared -o libQtWebKit.so.4.6.0 
obj/release/pcre_compile.o obj/release/pcre_ucp_searchfuncs.o

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0ff20360 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libbfd-2.20.so
(gdb) bt
#0  0x0ff20360 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libbfd-2.20.so
#1  0x0ff201d8 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libbfd-2.20.so
#2  0x0ff50464 in bfd_elf_gc_sections () from /usr/lib/libbfd-2.20.so
#3  0x100167f8 in ?? ()
#4  0x1001bd64 in ?? ()
#5  0x0fd0959c in generic_start_main (main=<value optimized out>, 
    argc=<value optimized out>, ubp_av=<value optimized out>, 
    auxvec=<value optimized out>, init=<value optimized out>, 
    fini=<value optimized out>, rtld_fini=<value optimized out>, 
    stack_end=<value optimized out>) at ../csu/libc-start.c:220
#6  0x0fd09760 in __libc_start_main (argc=<value optimized out>, 
    ubp_av=<value optimized out>, ubp_ev=<value optimized out>, 
    auxvec=<value optimized out>, rtld_fini=<value optimized out>, 
    stinfo=<value optimized out>, stack_on_entry=<value optimized out>)
    at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c:105
#7  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 19 14:20:15 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: binutils 2.20-4ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-8.12-generic
SourcePackage: binutils
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-8-generic x86_64

** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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ld segfaults with --gc-sections on powerpc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498631
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