>   /tmp/cc23628a.s: Assembler messages:
>   /tmp/cc23628a.s:961: Warning: GOT relocation burb:
>   `_gnome_triggerlist_topnode' should be global
> 
> I don't see anything in the man page for as or gcc that describes this.
> Can anyone explain to me what the "GOT relocation burb" message means?

The most probable cause for this message is a glitch in the source
code like declaring a function with global scope and later
implementing it with file scope (i.e. `static'). Turning on appropriate
gcc warnings will also reveal this.

-pk