Re: Problem about ld on IA64 linux

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Yijia,

> /usr/bin/ld -V
> GNU ld version 2.11.90.0.8 (with BFD 2.11.90.0.8)
>   Supported emulations:
>    elf64_ia64

This is a very old version of binutils.  Please try downloading the
latest release (2.14) and see if that fixes your problem.


> /usr/bin/gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ia64-redhat-linux/2.96/specs
> gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-112.7.2)

This is also a very old release of gcc.  I would recommend using the
gcc 3.3 release instead.


> /usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Could not find abbrev number 53.

> Could anybody know what meaning dwarf errors in the gnu linker 'ld'
> are ? or how I can know the meaning of above errors ?

An "abbrev" is a structure specified by the DWARF debugging format.
I recommend that you download a DWARF-2 specification to find out
exactly what it used for.

The linker error message is probably occurring because the debug
information in the executable you are creating has been corrupted by
the link process.  There were a couple of bugs in earlier versions of
the GNU linker that could cause this.  Hence upgrading to the latest
release should fix your problem.

Cheers
        Nick