From owner-freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org Mon Sep 12 21:01:51 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-toolchain@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD6F0BD8E78 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:01:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: from asp.reflexion.net (outbound-mail-211-173.reflexion.net [208.70.211.173]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75F8680F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:01:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markmi@dsl-only.net) Received: (qmail 3812 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2016 20:55:54 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local) (10.81.150.1) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with SMTP; 12 Sep 2016 20:55:54 -0000 Received: by rtc-sm-01.app.dca.reflexion.local (Reflexion email security v8.00.0) with SMTP; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:55:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 27557 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2016 20:55:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO iron2.pdx.net) (69.64.224.71) by 0 (rfx-qmail) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 12 Sep 2016 20:55:10 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.104] (ip70-189-131-151.lv.lv.cox.net [70.189.131.151]) by iron2.pdx.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 84093EC884B; Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:55:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Mark Millard Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Multiple people report binutils 2.27 does not work for powerpc64 (and powerpc?) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:55:03 -0700 To: FreeBSD Toolchain , FreeBSD Ports Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-BeenThere: freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Maintenance of FreeBSD's integrated toolchain List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:01:52 -0000 [Basically this is just a forward form freebsd-ppc.] Curtis Hamilton hamiltcl at verizon.net wrote on Mon Sep 12 20:10:31 UTC = 2016 > I've experienced the same issues after upgrading to binutils 2.27. It = looks > like the problem is related to the use of the Binary File Descriptor = (BFD) > library. Check if you see several messages beginning with "BFD:". =20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > I downgraded back to binutils 2.25, which was previously installed, = and > everything works properly. I skipped binutils 2.26, but will give = that a > try. >=20 > =20 >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Curtis >=20 > =20 >=20 > On 9/9/2016 4:32 PM, Bill Sorenson wrote: >=20 > >Everything I've built with the new binutils using either GCC 4.9, 5.4 = or > >6.2 instantly dumps when run. This is on an Xserve G5. Is this just = me or > >is there something genuinely broken here? > >=20 > >Thanks, > >Bill =3D=3D=3D Mark Millard markmi st dsl-only.net