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Re: binutils > 2.21.51.0.2 fails to build glibc
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 01:46:42 H.J. Lu wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> > "H.J. Lu" writes:
>> >>> It's quite likely that I misunderstand. ?It sounds like you are saying
>> >>> that it's OK for GNU ld to segfault when building an older version of
>> >>
>> >> Linker doesn't segfault.
>> >>
>> >>> glibc. ?The linker isn't like the compiler, where we tighten
>> >>> restrictions on the input language. ?The linker should accept old
>> >>> object files. ?And of course it should never segfault. ?But if I
>> >>> misunderstand, then I apologize for raising the issue.
>> >>
>> >> The problem is the linker generates bad libc.so with unfixed glibc.
>> >> The fix is trivial and leads to slightly better libc.so as extra bonus.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the correction, but that's sort of worse.
>>
>> It happens at build-time and build won't finish.
>
> assuming native build. ?a cross-build wont have a clue.
Well, you have to test your build.
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H.J.