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Description of problem:
ld crashes with SIGSEGV when linking eCos test programs. This happens with
gcc-2.96-98.i386.rpm using binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9.i386.rpm as well as
binutils-2.11.93.0.2-3.i386.rpm (from PowerTools).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
binutils-2.11.90.0.8-9.i386.rpm 
binutils-2.11.93.0.2-3.i386.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Unpack ld-bug.tar.bz2
2.make
	

Actual Results:  
GNU ld version 2.11.90.0.8 (with BFD 2.11.90.0.8)
Segmentation fault



Expected Results:  no segfault

Additional info:

Here is some relevant gdb output using a ld compiled with debugging from
binutils-2.11.93.0.2-3.i386.rpm:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x080b95f1 in merge_strings (sinfo=0x812b614) at merge.c:731
731       secinfo = sinfo->htab->first->secinfo;
(gdb) bt
#0  0x080b95f1 in merge_strings (sinfo=0x812b614) at merge.c:731
#1  0x080b981b in _bfd_merge_sections (abfd=0x8109b20, xsinfo=0x812b614,
    remove_hook=0x808a020 <merge_sections_remove_hook>) at merge.c:808
#2  0x0808a0a1 in _bfd_elf_merge_sections (abfd=0x8109b20, info=0x8102880)
    at elf.c:796
#3  0x08055a8b in lang_process () at ldlang.c:4169
#4  0x08058a15 in main (argc=13, argv=0xbffffb44) at ./ldmain.c:422
#5  0x40049507 in __libc_start_main (main=0x8058298 <main>, argc=13,
    ubp_av=0xbffffb44, init=0x80491f4 <_init>, fini=0x80cb880 <_fini>,
    rtld_fini=0x4000dc14 <_dl_fini>, stack_end=0xbffffb3c)
    at ../sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c:129
(gdb) print *sinfo->htab
$1 = {table = {table = 0x812cac0, size = 4051,
    newfunc = 0x80b8544 <sec_merge_hash_newfunc>, memory = 0x8118cd8},
  size = 0, first = 0x0, last = 0x0, entsize = 1, strings = 1073741824}