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Re: aarch64 crash with static PIE
* Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> [2018-01-19 14:48:38 -0800]:
> On 01/19/2018 12:40 PM, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > it currently says gcc-8 and does not mention binutils,
> > even on x86 there is a minimum binutils requirement
> > for this to work, on aarch64 the requirement is just
> > higher: at least the fixes for ld/22263 and ld/22269
> > are required which are in 2.30 now.
> >
> > i didnt write configure tests for the bugs thinking
> > this is an experimental feature, may be i should have..
>
> The feature deserves a NEWS entry.
>
> We should say binutils 2.30 is required.
>
> We should strive to have configure checks for all things that could
> go wrong with *default* configure options.
>
> For non-default configure options you have to know what you are
> doing and understand the consequences. Once we stabilize the
> feature a bit more we can *then* add configure checks IMO.
>
> In summary: Can you please add a binutils 2.30 requirement to the
> NEWS entry?
ok, i can do it on monday, but only for aarch64, on x86*
the version is different and i don't know which.