Re: Unusual error message from gcc34 ?

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

walt wrote:

> I have gcc34 as the default in make.conf now.  I was updating
> the 'aspell' port which halted with an error I've never seen
> before (BTW the error does not occur with gcc 2.95.4):
>
> mkdir .libs
> cc -O -pipe -march=athlon-xp -o .libs/example-c example-c.o  
> ../lib/.libs/libaspell.so -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib
> /usr/libexec/binutils214/elf/ld: .libs/example-c: hidden symbol 
> `__dso_handle' in /usr/lib/crtbegin.o is referenced by DSO
>
> I found this comment in /usr/src/contrib/gcc-3.4/gcc/crtstuff.c:
>
> /* Declare the __dso_handle variable.  It should have a unique value
>    in every shared-object; in a main program its value is zero.  The
>    object should in any case be protected.  This means the instance
>    in one DSO or the main program is not used in another object.  The
>    dynamic linker takes care of this.  */
>
> Can anyone connect the dots for me -- I don't know if this represents
> a bug in the 'aspell' port or possibly a bug somewhere else.
>
> Thanks!

	I tried compiling and installing Aspell, and it worked fine.

		-Hiten