Re: [Bug ld/5744] Misleading linker messages - Error: Overflow detected in relocation value

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Mike,

> Some more information: in my build the problem appears when a global variable 
> is defined of a type which is less than 32 bit or not 32 bit aligned. 

Can you supply a small test case to reproduce this problem ?

> It is not clear what excatly the linker complains about and how to fix the 
> problem.

It depends upon the cause, but if it is a missing symbol, then maybe the 
linker could be smarter about the error message it generates.

Cheers
  Nick