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Re: glibc2.1 [offtopic]
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
- Subject: Re: glibc2.1 [offtopic]
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law@hurl.cygnus.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:46:51 -0700
- cc: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu), libc-hacker@cygnus.com (GNU C Library), egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
- Reply-To: law@cygnus.com
In message <199902111536.KAA17829@blastula.phys.columbia.edu>you write:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:15:42 -0800 (PST), H.J. Lu wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm interested in trying out glibc2.1 on i686-pc-linux-gnu (kernel
> >> 2.2.1).
> >>
> >> In the glibc2.1 FAQ it says that libstdc++ must be rebuilt. So do I
> >> understand correctly that I need to rebuild egcs-1.1.1 after
> >> installing glibc2.1, and that all my existing c++ executables will
> >> then be broken until they are relinked???
> >>
> >
> >Yes. That is true.
> >
> >I have been trying to tell everyone that please include my library
> >versioining patch in egcs 1.1.1. But noone listened to me. That is
> >one reason why I have to mantain an egcs for Linux.
>
> Your library versioning patch is broken. It does not fix the problem
> you created it to fix. Instead it creates more binary
> incompatibilities.
>
> The patch that should be in 1.1.2 is the weak symbols in crtbegin patch.
Can you please forward the "weak symbols" and "crtbegin" patch to me? I
assume this is something that is already in the mainline tree, right?
jeff