libgcc_s.so is unnecessarily linked for MIPS

[Peter S. Mazinger]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Kishore K wrote:

> On 6/13/06, David Daney <ddaney at avtrex.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Dynamic section at offset 0x120 contains 26 entries:
> > >  Tag        Type                         Name/Value
> > > 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libgcc_s.so.1]
> > > 0x00000001 (NEEDED)                     Shared library: [libc.so.6]
> > >
> > > AFAIK, none of the symbols of libgcc_s.so are required to be included in
> > > the
> > > above program. Then may I know, why is it dependent on libgcc_s.so.
> > >
> > > Same problem is observed with gcc-4.0.3 and various versions
> > of  binutils (
> > > 2.15.94.0.2, 2.15.97, 2.16.91.0.7 & 2.17.50.0.2).  I am  using the
> > latest
> > > buildroot snapshot. The same problem is observed even with old
> > > uclibc-0.9.27based snapshots, when used for compiling tool chain based
> > > on
> > > gcc-3.4.4 and binutils 2.16.* and 2.15.*
> > >
> > > Any pointers to solve the above  problem would be appreciated.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > I fixed this in binutils CVS on Fri Jul 29 2005.  You need a binutils
> > CVS snapshot from after that date.  I would suggest a 2.17 pre-release
> > snapshot (perhaps 2.16.94) from
> > ftp://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/

wondering how this is related to uClibc, you definitely linked against 
glibc

Peter
> 
> 
> David,
> Thanks very much for the reply. I tried with binutils 2.16.94 as well as
> 2.17.50.0.2, but the same problem persists. I suppose you are referring to
> the patch
> http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/bfd/elfxx-mips.c.diff?cvsroot=src&r1=1.146&r2=1.147
> .
> I observe that, this patch is already present in the both versions of
> binutils. I wonder, what else might be causing this problem.
> 
> TIA,
> --kishore
> 

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