Linker bug in Debian unstable?

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@debian.org>]

GNU ld version 2.14.90.0.7 20031029 Debian GNU/Linux

Here's the snippet of code (from libgnome-2.6.1-5):

GnomeProgram *
gnome_program_init (const char *app_id, const char *app_version,
                    const GnomeModuleInfo *module_info,
                    int argc, char **argv,
                    const char *first_property_name, ...)
{
    GnomeProgram *program;
    va_list args;

    g_type_init ();

    va_start(args, first_property_name);
    program = gnome_program_initv (GNOME_TYPE_PROGRAM,
                                   app_id, app_version, module_info,
                                   argc, argv, first_property_name, args);
    va_end(args);

    return program;
}

objdump -dr gnome-program.o gives:

    ac40:       1c 00 94 1c 98 11       [MFB]       st8 [r14]=r37
                        ac42: PCREL21B  g_type_init
    ac46:       00 00 00 02 00 00                   nop.f 0x0
    ac4c:       08 00 00 50                         br.call.sptk.many b0¬40 <g
nome_program_init+0x90>

But objdump -dr .libs/libgnome-2.so.0.601.0:

   25750:       1c 00 94 1c 98 11       [MFB]       st8 [r14]=r37
   25756:       00 00 00 02 00 00                   nop.f 0x0
   2575c:       08 00 00 50                         br.call.sptk.many b0%750 <
gnome_program_init+0x90>

The reloc has gone, but presumably it should still be there as g_type_init()
is part of glib-2.0.

NB: This problem currently prevents mozilla from running.  Probably other
gnome apps too ...

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