A fix for this bug was applied in 2011 and the corresponding launchpad bug has been closed:
2011-10-13 Richard Sandiford <richard.sandif...@linaro.org> * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Mark PLT calls via stubs as resolved. git commit 589342bc49be60680807fa478fc220591fb06942 Resolving as fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641126 Title: unresolvable R_ARM_THM_CALL relocation Status in binutils: Fix Released Status in Linaro Binutils: Fix Released Status in Chromium: Unknown Status in “binutils” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “chromium-browser” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “insighttoolkit” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “binutils” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “chromium-browser” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “insighttoolkit” source package in Oneiric: Fix Released Status in “insighttoolkit” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Hi there I just saw that chromium-browser wasn't built with -fPIE on armel due to this bug: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55439 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/55522699/buildlog_ubuntu-maverick-armel .chromium-browser_6.0.472.55~r58392-0ubuntu1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz LINK(target) out/Release/chrome /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: out/Release/obj.target/skia/libskia.a(SkBlurDrawLooper.o)(.text._ZN16SkBlurDrawLooper10CreateProcER23SkFlattenableReadBuffer[SkBlurDrawLooper::CreateProc(SkFlattenableReadBuffer&)]+0x6): unresolvable R_ARM_THM_CALL relocation against symbol `operator new(unsigned int)@@GLIBCXX_3.4' /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: ld returned 1 exit status I think we should look into it, -fPIE is needed for some security features and web browsers are a critical piece of software that we want to protect. Cheers, To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils/+bug/641126/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp