Fwd: binutils in debian unstable is broken.

[Josh McKinney]

This seems to be a kernel bug which is shown with the new version of ld.  Thought I would
forward this along so maybe it can get fixed.

Josh
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binutils 2.11.92.0.12.3-1
has a problem compiling any 2.4.x kernel in recent history, ld
specifically.  Last version that did compile was along with gcc version
gcc version 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)

ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
init/version.o \
        --start-group \
        arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o
mm/mm.o fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
         drivers/char/char.o drivers/block/block.o drivers/misc/misc.o
drivers/net/net.o drivers/media/media.o drivers/ide/idedriver.o
drivers/pci/driver.o drivers/video/video.o \
        net/network.o \
        /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux/lib/lib.a
/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
        --end-group \
        -o vmlinux
drivers/char/char.o(.data+0x46b4): undefined reference to `local symbols
in discarded section .text.exit'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1