Multiple people report binutils 2.27 does not work for powerpc64 (and powerpc?)

[Mark Millard]

[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:".  
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Curtis
> 
>  
> 
> On 9/9/2016 4:32 PM, Bill Sorenson wrote:
> 
> >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?
> > 
> >Thanks,
> >Bill

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Mark Millard
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