[comp.lang.c] Problem in Linking rn on Sperry 5000/80

thelis@ALMSA-1.arpa (Thomas W. Helis) (08/07/87)

I've encountered a problem in linking rn on our Sperry 5000/80 that
has stumped everyone I've asked, even the gurus at Sperry.

I had rn running on our system, and in fact originally had no
trouble getting it to compile and link.  One day I decided to
recompile rn, (only changing our postal address to include our zip
code in the Configure script), and out of the blue received the
following error message in the linking phase:

"ld fatal: 32-Bit TV relocation value is out of bounds! (> 16
Mbytes)" 

The Sperry response was that the error was possibly caused by
corrupt object code.  I removed all the .o files and started from
scratch, but still ended up with the same error.  Sperry also
thought that there might be a problem with our compiler or linker,
but no one on our system has reported any such problems.  Also,
about 10 days after the problem appeared, our kernel was remade, but
even that had no effect; I still got the same error message.
 
Has anyone had a problem like this, whether or not it involved rn?
Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.

Here's where I can be reached (we're not really on usenet yet).

seismo.css.gov!thelis@almsa-1.arpa

Tom Helis                           ph (314) 263-5118 
ALMSA                               av 693-5118 
attn: amxal-ow
PO box 1578
St. Louis, MO 63188-1578 


Tom Helis