[Samba] FAM linking error on Irix

[Volker Lendecke]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 03:03:31PM +0200, samba.to.nestolea at spamgourmet.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am compiling Samba 3.5.8 on Irix 6.5.28 using gcc 3.4.6 .
> 
> Towards the end the linking phase stops with the following error:
> 
> [...]
> Compiling ../lib/popt/poptparse.c
> 
> Linking bin/smbd
> 
> /usr/lib32/libfam.a(fam.o): In function `FAMOpen2':
> 
> /xlv44/6.5.28m/work/eoe/lib/libfam/libfam_n32_M3/fam.c++:51:
> relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_GPREL16 against `.srdata'
> /usr/lib32/libfam.a(fam.o): In function `checkRequest(FAMRequest *,
> char const *)':

Google leads me to

http://sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss/2000-04/msg00214.html

Maybe some table is just overflowing and you need to take a
look at specific linker options. I don't have access to that
build environment right now so I can't really tell. But
maybe the hint to play with -G<n> as a linker argument helps
you.

Sorry,

Volker

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