[Bug ld/10322] New: archive:file matching in linker script not working.

[memeruiz at gmail dot com]

Conditions: Host computer: Debian sid/i386, Crosscompiling to arm-none-eabi for
a arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller. No target operating system, just a binary to 
flash.

- There are two object files which contain some code (interrupt service rutines,
reset rutines, etc): file1.o file2.o
- In file1.o there is a symbol called: __reset_handler which is part of the
.text section
- I create an archive with arm-none-eabi-ar from them with:

arm-none-eabi-ar -rcs libfoo.a file1.o file2.o

- I compile another file called main.c with:

arm-none-eabi-gcc -c $(CFLAGS) -c main.c

- I try to link them together with:

arm-non-eabi-ld -TlinkerS.ld -o bar.elf main.o -lfoo

- The result is that the symbols from the archive are completely ignored, even
if I am using the archive:file convention in the linkerS.ld script.

If I use the option --whole-archive with ld then it works fine. But then it
looks in all the archive files, which I don't want.

Relevant section in the linker script:

SECTIONS
{
    .isr_vector :
    {
        KEEP(libfoo.a:file1.o(.text)) 
    } >FLASH
    /* more input sections ...*/
}

Running:

arm-none-eabi-objdump -t bar.elf

gives no __reset_handler symbol

But when I activate --whole-archive then is there.

arm-none-eabi-objdump -t libfoo.a

Gives the __reset_handler symbol inside of the file1.o

I also tried using wildcards but with no results. Nothing happend.

Also if I use the option -y __reset_handler with --whole-archive it shows up,
but without this option the symbol doesn't show up.

I'm not sure if I'm making a mistake somewhere, or if this is really a bug.
I can try out patches if necessary.

Thanks in advance!
Federico Ruiz-Ugalde

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           Summary: archive:file matching in linker script not working.
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.19
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: memeruiz at gmail dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


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