[Bug 1545653] Re: Unrecognized relocation when compiling

[Matthias Klose]

you can use the -B option to specify a separate path where to look for
tools.  Closing this now.

** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  Unrecognized relocation when compiling

Status in binutils:
  Fix Released
Status in binutils package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am trying to compile a program against a library that was built
  using gcc 5.3 on Wily, which has gcc 5.2.1.

  I get

  /usr/bin/ld: <REMOVED>: unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.text'
  /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

  This looks exactly like

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808205

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: binutils 2.25.1-6ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Feb 15 09:53:05 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-5-base 5.2.1-22ubuntu2
   libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4
   libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2
   zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: binutils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-02-13 (2 days ago)

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