[Bug ld/6033] New: 2.18.50.0.5+ fails to link against libusb on powerpc

[vapier at gentoo dot org]

after updating from binutils 2.18.50.0.4 to 2.18.50.0.5 (same error is seen with
2.18.50.0.6), libgphoto2 fails to configure

$ cat main.c
char usb_busses();
int main() { return usb_busses(); }

$ gcc main.c -lusb
/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
/tmp/ccugox4p.o(.text+0x14): unresolvable R_PPC_REL24 relocation against symbol
`usb_busses'
/tmp/ccugox4p.o: In function `main':
main.c:(.text+0x14): relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 against symbol
`usb_busses' defined in .sbss section in /lib/libusb.so
/usr/lib/gcc/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/4.3.0/../../../../powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

binutils was configured as:
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --host=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
--target=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu
--datadir=/usr/share/binutils-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6
--infodir=/usr/share/binutils-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6/info
--mandir=/usr/share/binutils-data/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6/man
--bindir=/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/binutils-bin/2.18.50.0.6
--libdir=/usr/lib/binutils/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6
--libexecdir=/usr/lib/binutils/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6
--includedir=/usr/lib/binutils/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/2.18.50.0.6/include
--enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-shared --disable-werror --without-included-gettext
--build=powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu --enable-secureplt

-- 
           Summary: 2.18.50.0.5+ fails to link against libusb on powerpc
           Product: binutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: vapier at gentoo dot org
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: ppc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: ppc-linux-gnu


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6033

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