Fixes gcc-3.4 optimizing out comparisons to weak external symbols in code like: if (__pthread_mutex_init != NULL) __pthread_mutex_init(...); that causes segfaults during libc init when not linked to libpthread diff -uNr glibc-2.2.5-orig/include/libc-symbols.h glibc-2.2.5/include/libc-symbols.h --- glibc-2.2.5-orig/include/libc-symbols.h 2001-08-03 16:02:52.000000000 -0700 +++ glibc-2.2.5/include/libc-symbols.h 2004-07-27 22:54:50.000000000 -0700 @@ -109,10 +109,7 @@ /* Declare SYMBOL as weak undefined symbol (resolved to 0 if not defined). */ # define weak_extern(symbol) _weak_extern (symbol) # ifdef HAVE_ASM_WEAKEXT_DIRECTIVE -# define _weak_extern(symbol) asm (".weakext " __SYMBOL_PREFIX #symbol); -# else -# define _weak_extern(symbol) asm (".weak " __SYMBOL_PREFIX #symbol); -# endif +# define _weak_extern(expr) _Pragma (#expr) # else diff -uNr glibc-2.2.5-orig/resolv/res_libc.c glibc-2.2.5/resolv/res_libc.c --- glibc-2.2.5-orig/resolv/res_libc.c 2001-02-12 12:23:34.000000000 -0800 +++ glibc-2.2.5/resolv/res_libc.c 2004-07-27 22:56:32.000000000 -0700 @@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ #if SHLIB_COMPAT(libc, GLIBC_2_0, GLIBC_2_2) # undef res_init -strong_alias (__res_init, __res_init_weak); +extern int __res_init_weak (void); weak_extern (__res_init_weak); +strong_alias (__res_init, __res_init_weak); compat_symbol (libc, __res_init_weak, res_init, GLIBC_2_0); #endif