Looks like this finally gets a more recent version of binutils working

on arm in that shared apps seem to work now.

diff --git a/sources/binutils/2.15.90.0.3/600-arm-textrel.patch b/sources/binutils/2.15.90.0.3/600-arm-textrel.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..73d5b9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources/binutils/2.15.90.0.3/600-arm-textrel.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-06/msg00010.html
+--- binutils-2.15.90.0.3-old/bfd/elf32-arm.h   2004-04-12 14:56:33.000000000 -0500
++++ binutils-2.15.90.0.3/bfd/elf32-arm.h       2004-09-03 06:56:40.000000000 -0500
+@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
+ #endif
+ static bfd_boolean allocate_dynrelocs 
+   PARAMS ((struct elf_link_hash_entry *h, PTR inf));
++static bfd_boolean elf32_arm_readonly_dynrelocs
++  PARAMS ((struct elf_link_hash_entry *, PTR));
+ static bfd_boolean create_got_section 
+   PARAMS ((bfd * dynobj, struct bfd_link_info * info));
+ static bfd_boolean elf32_arm_create_dynamic_sections 
+@@ -3531,6 +3533,37 @@
+   return TRUE;
+ }
+ 
++/* Find any dynamic relocs that apply to read-only sections.  */
++
++static bfd_boolean
++elf32_arm_readonly_dynrelocs (h, inf)
++     struct elf_link_hash_entry *h;
++     PTR inf;
++{
++  struct elf32_arm_link_hash_entry *eh;
++  struct elf32_arm_relocs_copied *p;
++
++  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_warning)
++    h = (struct elf_link_hash_entry *) h->root.u.i.link;
++
++  eh = (struct elf32_arm_link_hash_entry *) h;
++  for (p = eh->relocs_copied; p != NULL; p = p->next)
++    {
++      asection *s = p->section;
++
++      if (s != NULL && (s->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
++       {
++         struct bfd_link_info *info = (struct bfd_link_info *) inf;
++
++         info->flags |= DF_TEXTREL;
++
++         /* Not an error, just cut short the traversal.  */
++         return FALSE;
++       }
++    }
++  return TRUE;
++}
++
+ /* Set the sizes of the dynamic sections.  */
+ 
+ static bfd_boolean
+@@ -3740,6 +3773,12 @@
+           return FALSE;
+       }
+ 
++      /* If any dynamic relocs apply to a read-only section,
++         then we need a DT_TEXTREL entry.  */
++      if ((info->flags & DF_TEXTREL) == 0)
++        elf_link_hash_traverse (&htab->root, elf32_arm_readonly_dynrelocs,
++                                (PTR) info);
++
+       if ((info->flags & DF_TEXTREL) != 0)
+       {
+         if (!add_dynamic_entry (DT_TEXTREL, 0))