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Re: glibc 2.6.1

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc at pm dot waw dot pl>, Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:07:10 -0400
Subject: Re: glibc 2.6.1
References: <20070712190855.GN4603@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz> <m3y7hfgm9o.fsf@maximus.localdomain>

On Tuesday 17 July 2007, Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> writes:
> > I have updated glibc-2_6-branch and glibc-2_5-branch with many bugfixes
> > (tested in Fedora, RHEL and RHEL betas).
>
> Another thing is a patch I found somewhere on the net, which makes
> glibc 2.6 compile with i686-optimised compiler (i686-*-linux-gnu
> rather than i386-*). Not sure if it's correct,

i doubt it ... i posted to the libc-alpha list a while ago but got no response

> perhaps __i686 names should be changed instead?

unfortunately, it cant ... __i686 is found in a section name that both gcc and 
glibc use when generating PIC on x86
-mike

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References:
- glibc 2.6.1
  - From: Jakub Jelinek
- Re: glibc 2.6.1
  - From: Krzysztof Halasa

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