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Re: glibc2.1 and Xlib compiled with glibc2.0 (libio incompatibility)


Hmm, it seems we forgot to mention the X11 libraries as dependent on libc
internals. :-/

Obvious fix: Recompile them.

  "Eugene M. Indenbom" <bom@classic.iki.rssi.ru> writes:
> The problem: X11 libs are using old libio _IO_stderr_ pointer, but newer
> programs has _IO_stdio_used defined in crt1.c that forces new libio
> behavior == SIGSEGV when called in old format. (Old IO is fprintf in
> Xtrans library when it can not resolve hostname)

> Or only shared libraries has to be recompiled?

Yes. It says so in the release notes.

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