Re: toolchain/50767: Build failure of pkgsrc/www/firefox with binutils 2.26 from NetBSD/amd64 current

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/50767; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: toolchain/50767: Build failure of pkgsrc/www/firefox with binutils
 2.26 from NetBSD/amd64 current
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:40:48 -0600 (CST)

 For reference, also on i386-current:
 
 NetBSD verthandi 7.99.26 NetBSD 7.99.26 (VERTHANDI) #1: Fri Feb 12 22:16:21 CST 2016  sysop%verthandi.technoskunk.fur@localhost:/d0/build/nbsd-tst/obj/i386/sys/arch/i386/compile/VERTHANDI i386
 
 [...]
 ld: ../../xpcom/components/nsComponentManager.o: relocation R_386_GOTOFF against protected data `start_kPStaticModules_NSModule' can not be used when making a shared object
 ld: final link failed: Bad value
 /d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-43.0/config/rules.mk:827: recipe for target 'libxul.so' failed
 gmake[3]: *** [libxul.so] Error 1
 gmake[3]: Leaving directory '/d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/build/toolkit/library'
 /d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-43.0/config/recurse.mk:71: recipe for target 'toolkit/library/target' failed
 gmake[2]: *** [toolkit/library/target] Error 2
 gmake[2]: Leaving directory '/d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/build'
 /d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-43.0/config/recurse.mk:32: recipe for target 'compile' failed
 gmake[1]: *** [compile] Error 2
 gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/build'
 /d0/build/pkgsrc/www/firefox/work/firefox-43.0/config/rules.mk:549: recipe for target 'all' failed
 gmake: *** [all] Error 2
 *** Error code 2
 
 Stop.
 make[1]: stopped in /x/pkgsrc/www/firefox
 *** Error code 1
 
 Stop.
 make: stopped in /x/pkgsrc/www/firefox
 
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