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From: Werner Puschitz <wp@puschitz.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 03:43:32 +0000
Subject: [Linux-ia64] Re: large binary question
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Van Maren, Kevin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We tried to compile a "large" application on Linux/IA64, and get get this:
>
> /usr/bin/ld: ../FOO.05.x: short data segment overflowed (0x7a4588 >> 0x400000)

Which gcc version are you running? Try gcc-2.96-85.
There was a known bug in older versions. See
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id3354

Werner