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Re: binutils > 2.21.51.0.2 fails to build glibc
"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>> It's quite likely that I misunderstand. ÂIt 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. ÂThe linker isn't like the compiler, where we tighten
>> restrictions on the input language. ÂThe linker should accept old object
>> files. ÂAnd of course it should never segfault. ÂBut 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.
Ian