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[skimo@kotnet.org] libc/2030: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]



Hi,

we received the following bug report about problems with binutils.

Should we demand newer binutils?  Is this really a bug - and how can
we check for recent enough binutils?

Will the following work for configure?  And is a test for 2.10.1 or
newer sufficient?

AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(AS, $AS, --version,
  [GNU assembler.* \([0-9]*\.[0-9.]*\)],
  [2.10.[1-9]* | 2.1[1-9]*], AS=: critic_missing=t)


Andreas

Subject: Topics

Topics:
   libc/2030: [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]



>Number:         2030
>Category:       libc
>Synopsis:       going from glibc 2.1.3 to 2.2.1 doesn't work with binutils 2.9.5.0.8
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    libc-gnats
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   unknown
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan 19 17:15:02 -0500 2001
>Cases:          
>Originator:     Sven Verdoolaege
>Release:        libc-2.2.1
>Organization:
 
>Environment:
	
Host type: i586-pc-linux-gnu
System: Linux pool 2.2.14 #8 Sun Jan 16 00:56:33 MET 2000 i586 unknown
Architecture: i586

Addons: linuxthreads

Build CC: gcc
Compiler version: 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
Kernel headers: 2.2.14
Symbol versioning: yes
Build static: yes
Build shared: yes
Build pic-default: no
Build profile: yes
Build omitfp: no
Build bounded: no
Build static-nss: no
Stdio: libio

>Description:
Installing glibc 2.2.1 on a system where previously 2.1.3 had been installed,
produced a few (e.g symctl@@GLIBC2.0) missing symbols when linking to some
libraries compiled before the install.
Upgrading to the latest (2.10.1.0.4) version of binutils fixed it,
but the required version is 2.9.1.0.16 or later (according to INSTALL)
whereas I had 2.9.5.0.8 installed.

As a side note, the BUGS file mentions an "easy to use WWW interface"
at http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl,
but all that gives is a login screen with no comments so I haven't
a clue how to use it.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:






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 Andreas Jaeger
  SuSE Labs aj@suse.de
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