[Bug 1263739] [NEW] Error in '/usr/bin/ld': corrupted double-linked list

[Michael Kuhn]

Public bug reported:

I have found a very peculiar bug in binutils's ld tool: When building
evolution-data-server in an i386 virtual machine (I have reproduced it
in my saucy PPA with a binutils backport and in a VirtualBox machine
with both saucy and trusty), ld crashes at the following configure step:

checking if gcc static flag -static works...

This results in the following error:

Error in '/usr/bin/ld': corrupted double-linked list: 0x...

As already mentioned, it seems to only happen in virtual machines and only with i386 (amd64 is fine).
I have installed older binutils versions and it seems that (if I remember correctly) 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1 and earlier are okay; 2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1 and later produce the error.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Get evolution-data-server's source package
2. Try to build it
3. It should crash in the line above

If I can provide more information, just let me know.

** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Error in '/usr/bin/ld': corrupted double-linked list

Status in “binutils” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have found a very peculiar bug in binutils's ld tool: When building
  evolution-data-server in an i386 virtual machine (I have reproduced it
  in my saucy PPA with a binutils backport and in a VirtualBox machine
  with both saucy and trusty), ld crashes at the following configure
  step:

  checking if gcc static flag -static works...

  This results in the following error:

  Error in '/usr/bin/ld': corrupted double-linked list: 0x...

  As already mentioned, it seems to only happen in virtual machines and only with i386 (amd64 is fine).
  I have installed older binutils versions and it seems that (if I remember correctly) 2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1 and earlier are okay; 2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1 and later produce the error.

  Steps to reproduce:
  1. Get evolution-data-server's source package
  2. Try to build it
  3. It should crash in the line above

  If I can provide more information, just let me know.

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