Re: [Mingw-users] Linker error while compiling coin3d

[JonY <10walls@xxxxxxxxx>]

John Pye wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Was wondering if this is a known problem. I downloaded and unpacked an 
> (unmodified) copy of the Coin 2.5.0 tarball from http://www.coin3d.org 
> and ran the following commands:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/c/PROGRA~1/Coin-2.5.0
> make
> 
> and I got a 'internal error, aborting' from the linker (see below).
> 
> This is with ld 2.16.91 20060119. I recently installed the gcc 
> 4.2.1-sjlj packages on the same system, so I wonder if this problem 
> could have arisen from that, or whether, alternatively, I have found a 
> genuine bug in the MinGW linker?
> 
> Cheers
> JP
> 
> 
> c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: BFD 2.16.91 20060119 internal error, 
> aborting at ../../src/bfd/coffcode.h line 842 in handle_COMDAT
> 
> c:\MinGW\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: Please report this bug.
> 
> make[3]: *** [libCoin.la] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/john/Coin-2.5.0/src'
> make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/john/Coin-2.5.0/src'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/john/Coin-2.5.0'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> john@SQUEAK2 ~/Coin-2.5.0
> $ ld -v
> GNU ld version 2.16.91 20060119
> 

Hi,
have you tried using the newer binutils? version 2.16 is very old, do 
update it. The newer binutils-2.18.50-20080109 can be found on MinGW's 
Sourceforge files download area.

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