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strip makes libs unusable
- To: glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu
- Subject: strip makes libs unusable
- From: David Ronis <ronis at ronispc dot chem dot mcgill dot ca>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 10:38:09 -0400
- Organization: McGill University
- Reply-To: glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu
I more or less had sucessfully installed glibc-2.1.2 on my i586,
linux-2.2.12, gcc-2.95.1 box (some backwards incompatibilities still
remain to be solved, as per my preceding post).
I ran strip/ranlib on all the .a libs (actually by mistake) and that
made some programs (but not all) unlinkable,
specifically, ones with calls to stat or lstat. I reinstalled
libc_nonshared.a and the problem went away.
1. Why?
2. Do all the other .a libs have to be reinstalled.
3. I thought strip was supposed to be safe on .a or .so libs--I guess
it isn't.
THIS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE FAQ/INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS.
David