[XviD-devel] Error linking win32 code with GNU ld 2.14.x

[Edouard Gomez]

Hello,

I tried to compile xvid for win32 with more recent tools than debian
ships. So I compiled GNU binutils 2.14 (release or latest CVS) and gcc
3.3.1. But with GNU binutils 2.13, all works fine.

$ i386-mingw32-ld --version
GNU ld version 2.14.90 20031015

or 
$ i386-mingw32-ld --version
GNU ld version 2.14

or
$ i386-mingw32-ld --version
GNU ld version 2.14 + mingw patch binutils-2.14.90-20030807-1

Here is the error with this ld version:
/opt/mingw32-cross/lib/gcc-lib/i386-mingw32/3.3.1/../../../../i386-mingw32/bin/ld:
utils/x86_asm/cpuid.obj: bad reloc address 0xa1 in section `.text'

$ i386-mingw32-ld --version
GNU ld version 2.13

No error.

I  know this  bug exists  on cygwin  as well.  I would  like  someone to
investigate which tool is the cause.  I just suspect ld, but it could be
nasm that generates a faulty pe-i386 object file.

-- 
Edouard Gomez