compile errors openh323 on mips/mipsel

[Thiemo Seufer]

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Kilian Krause wrote:
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>   But openh323 failed on both mips and mipsel with a very similar error
> [1] & [2]
>=20
>  /build/buildd/openh323-1.15.3/lib/obj_linux_mipsel_r/h225_1.o(.text
> +0x44): In function
> `H225_ReleaseCompleteReason::H225_ReleaseCompleteReason[not-in-charge](un=
signed, PASN_Object::TagClass)':
> : relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_CALL16 PString::PString[in-charge](=
char const*)
>=20
>   This seems to be the GOT being too small problem, and it can be fixed
> with passing -Wa,xgot or -mxgot to compile flags[3].

It looks like the library just grew over the GOT limit. Earlier versions
did compile without xgot.

> But I don't know
> what does it compile for you without any problem. Anyway, please, check
> the binutils version you used, as there is the following entry in its
> changelog:
>=20
> binutils (2.15-4) unstable; urgency=3Dlow
>=20
>   * 120_mips_xgot_multigot_workaround.dpatch: new patch from Thiemo
> Seufer
>     to make multigot/xgot handling exclusive and fix mozilla builds on
>     mipsen.  Closes: #272149
>=20
>  -- James Troup <james@nocrew.org>  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:44:03 +0100
>=20
>  I am not sure this can be the problem, as the patch was introduced 5
> months ago... but know knows.

This patch isn't the problem, it just lets the linker bail out instead
of silently creating broken code.


Thiemo

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