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Re: Bug in binutils-2.9.1.0.7 check.
- To: richardp@scopic.com
- Subject: Re: Bug in binutils-2.9.1.0.7 check.
- From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
- Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 07:11:27 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: libc-hacker@cygnus.com (GNU C Library), drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper), ian@cygnus.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
>
> uname -a
> Linux motorhead 2.0.30 #2 Wed Aug 13 21:09:40 BST 1997 i486 unknown
>
> ld --version
> GNU ld 2.8.1
> Copyright 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty.
> Supported emulations:
> elf_i386
> i386linux
>
> gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/egcs-2.90.21/specs
> gcc version egcs-2.90.21 971202 (egcs-1.00 release)
>
> runtest --version
> Expect version is 5.21.3
> Tcl version is 8.0
> Framework version is 1.3.0
>
> === ld tests ===
>
> Running target unix
> Using /usr/local/bin/../share/dejagnu/baseboards/unix.exp as board description file for target.
> Using /usr/local/bin/../share/dejagnu/config/unix.exp as generic interface file for target.
> Using /home/packages/gnu/utils/binutils-2.9.1.0.7/ld/testsuite/config/default.exp as tool-and-target-specific interface file.
> Running /home/packages/gnu/utils/binutils-2.9.1.0.7/ld/testsuite/ld-bootstrap/bootstrap.exp ...
> FAIL: bootstrap with --static
>
> === ld Summary ===
>
> # of expected passes 38
> # of unexpected failures 1
>
This is a known problem on glibc. Basically the way of the "bootstrap
with --static" test mixing static and shared C libraries is not
supported on glibc.
--
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)