relocation truncated to fit

Hello,

Is there anyway I can find out what the "relocation truncated to fit"
message means? I believe it is a problem which occurs at the linking
stage.

Also, the function gcc reports as at error is not actually the offending
function.

Thanks

>>>
echo ppp.ma > ppp.ppci.files
/space/melvin/dct2000/main/SunOS_5.8/sparc/src/utils/build_statemachines
ppp.ppci
ppp.ma(io.m): In function `free_ip_address':
io.c:311: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 GetContextInfo
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `ppp.ppci'
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