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(gdb) cd /usr/local/src/trunk/objdir32/sparc-linux/libjava 
Working directory /usr/local/src/trunk/objdir32/sparc-linux/libjava.
(gdb) set args cq .libs/libgcj0_convenience.a <deleted stuff here>
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/local/binutils/bin/ar cq .libs/libgcj0_convenience.a <deleted stuff here>
warning: linux_test_for_tracefork: unexpected result from waitpid (21262, status 0xb7f)

Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
bfd_hash_lookup (table=0x4679cc, string=0x467efc ".bss", create=1, copy=0)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/hash.c:394
(gdb) bt
#0  bfd_hash_lookup (table=0x4679cc, string=0x467efc ".bss", create=1, copy=0)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/hash.c:394
#1  0x700519ac in bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd=0x467970, 
    name=0x467efc ".bss") at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/section.c:961
#2  0x7006c3b0 in _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd=0x467970, 
    hdr=0x2a781a0, name=0x467efc ".bss")
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/elf.c:689
#3  0x7006e9a8 in bfd_section_from_shdr (abfd=0x467970, shindex=4)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/elf.c:1731
#4  0x7006948c in bfd_elf32_object_p (abfd=0x467970)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/elfcode.h:723
#5  0x7004d7c4 in bfd_check_format_matches (abfd=0x467970, format=1879864048, 
    matching=0x0) at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/format.c:228
#6  0x7004d578 in bfd_check_format (abfd=0x467970, format=bfd_object)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/format.c:91
#7  0x70046620 in _bfd_compute_and_write_armap (arch=0x1609568, elength=35656)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/archive.c:1780
#8  0x70046174 in _bfd_write_archive_contents (arch=0x1609568)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/archive.c:1652
#9  0x7004f180 in bfd_close (abfd=0x1609568)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/bfd/opncls.c:589
#10 0x000144fc in write_archive (iarch=0x2c980)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/binutils/ar.c:950
#11 0x00014a00 in replace_members (arch=0x2c980, files_to_move=0xefffd51c, 
    quick=1) at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/binutils/ar.c:1189
#12 0x00013e94 in main (argc=255, argv=0xefffd120)
    at /usr/local/src/trunk/src/binutils/ar.c:660
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