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RE: Allin Cottrell: ld-2.10.1.so
- From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell at wfu dot edu>
- To: gabriele balducci <balducci at dschgrazlin2 dot units dot it>
- Cc: libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 10:19:19 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Allin Cottrell: ld-2.10.1.so
- References: <2140.1242397154@dschgrazlin2.units.it>
On Fri, 15 May 2009, gabriele balducci wrote:
> > I wonder, can anyone replicate, or explain away (or account for in
> > any way) the segfaults in ld-2.10.1.so that I reported here
> > (libc-help archive, May 13)?
>
> I do not know if this makes sense for you, but I noticed that you built
> with gcc-4.4.0...
Yes, that's right.
> This caused troubles for me with 2.10.1: various programs
> started segfaulting immediately after installation.
>
> After cleaning and rebuilding with gcc-4.2.1 everything was (and
> is still) fine. This on two different (gnu-linux) boxes.
> Actually, the INSTALL file says:
>
> * GCC 3.4 or newer, GCC 4.1 recommended
Ah, thanks, that may explain it. But I notice that INSTALL was
last modified 3 years ago (when gcc 4.1 was the latest release).
Can anyone say what the current gcc recommendation is? I still
have gcc 4.3.3 available on my system and could try rebuilding
with that if it's likely to help.
Allin Cottrell