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Re: glibc 2.1.95 (5th test release)
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:14:27 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 01:52:57PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> > Happily, I now have a patch which I think fixes it. It's a _linker_
> > patch.
> >
> > I haven't fully tested it, but I think it will work, and it at least
> > doesn't break the ld testsuite.
> >
> > It affects applications, so you need to re-link all applications
> > built under the new glibc. If it's good, I'd like to try to get it
> > into binutils 2.10.1.
>
> But it won't cause any problems with applications built under previous
> glibc, right?
No, because previous applications used the old __gmon_start__
mechanism which didn't involve weak symbols.
> All of a sudden I'm glad we haven't built debian/ppc packages of the
> new libc yet...
There are a few more changes to come, too, related to .protected and
.hidden. I hope that very soon ppc glibc will build cleanly; x86 is
now clean too, and so we may actually get a release!
--
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>