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Re: binary incompatibility on SPARC ?

To: Ben Collins <bcollins at debian dot org>
Subject: Re: binary incompatibility on SPARC ?
From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk at suse dot de>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:08:57 +0100
Cc: libc-hacker at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Organization: SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
References: <20010129115814.A17843@suse.de> <20010129104749.E921@visi.net>

On Mon, Jan 29, Ben Collins wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 11:58:14AM +0100, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> > 
> > As far as I can see the only difference is sysconf. The new libz
> > uses sysconf, the old one not. Could this be the problem ? Or is
> > there another function, which is binary incompatible if compiled 
> > with LFS or not ?
> > 
> 
> I have been trying to track down this problem aswell. I've noted 5
> seperate segv's that went away with recompiles, and they all had zlib in
> common. I have not been able to pinpoint the problem, but as luck would
> have it, I have set aside today to try and pin this down.

It is not only libz, libslang has the same problems.

  Thorsten

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  - From: Thorsten Kukuk

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