Just ran into a bug in the "ld.gold" linker in binutils. When trying to compile the 4.9 vanilla kernel (as downloaded from kernel.org), I got: ld: internal error in target, at ../../gold/parameters.h:105 scripts/Makefile.build:498: recipe for target 'lib/lib-ksyms.o' failed make[1]: *** [lib/lib-ksyms.o] Error 1 Makefile:988: recipe for target 'lib' failed make: *** [lib] Error 2 It's caused by a bug in the gold linker (but is not present in the "ld.bfd" version of the linker). Apparently it's been patch in the trunk version of binutils as of 2016-11-21. Since it affect anyone compiling the kernel (and who's alternatives point "ld" to the ld.gold linker), it might be nice to backport. If not backported, then users can only work around the problem by overriding the "alternatives" dir and not using the gold linker -- which I though had various other benefits/features -- i.e. might cause other random compatibility issues if switched (I don't know how likely this is, but it makes me nervous to switch "ld" just for the kernel compiles and have it affect all other products that use "ld". -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org