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Re: binutils > 2.21.51.0.2 fails to build glibc
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> 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. Hopefully, one won't
install an unfinished glibc build :-(.
--
H.J.