Possible ld problems with libpng 1.2.5

[Bartick, Brett]

Hi!

Hopefully I am in the correct place, otherwise I apologize in advance. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am currently trying to install the latest copy of libpng (1.2.5) on a couple of Solaris 8 machines. I am using gcc version 2.95.3.

I am able to compile and link "libpng" without any problems, but when I run the test program, it constantly fails. I believe I have narrowed the problem down to the link editor. When I compile & link with either the Solaris link editor (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) or GNU ld 2.11.2 everything works fine. But when I use the latest GNU ld (2.13) the test program core dumps.

nyfidevfs1:/apps/src/libpng# make test
./pngtest
Testing libpng version 1.2.5
   with zlib   version 1.1.4
ELF library (10205)ELF pngtest (10205): libpng version 1.2.5 - October 3, 2002 (header)
 sizeof(png_struct)=592, sizeof(png_info)=288
ELF*** Signal 11 - core dumped
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test'

nyfidevfs1:/apps/src/libpng# ld --version
GNU ld version 2.13
Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
nyfidevfs1:/apps/src/libpng#

This is the version of GNU ld that works:
nyfidevfs1:/apps/src/libpng# ld --version
GNU ld 2.11.2
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
  Supported emulations:
   elf32_sparc
   elf64_sparc
nyfidevfs1:/apps/src/libpng#

I noticed that this version lists supported emulations. Do I need to create the new ld differently?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Brett Bartick
Vice President
Corporate Technology
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
2 World Financial Center
New York, NY  10281

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