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Re: Patch: Zero out the allocated dynamic content space.
- To: law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Patch: Zero out the allocated dynamic content space.
- From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 17:16:23 -0700
- CC: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Hi Jeff,
: Personally I'd reject HJ's patch and tell him to fix the real bug
: instead of papering over the real bug. If he cares enough he'll
: provide the analysis, if he doesn't then you've done your job.
True, but in this particular case, this papering-over-the-cracks
solution has been used by lots of ports already (ie there is a
precedent), the correct fix is of medium difficulty to create (which
would make it a potential source of new bugs, plus strictly speaking
it ought to be reworked and re-applied to almost all of the ELF based
BFD targets), and anyway all of these problems will go away (or be
transformed) once Uli's ELF only linker is ready.
: But it's your decision, so if you want to install it, go ahead.
Thanks.
Cheers
Nick