Re: hppa64-hp-hpux11.00: HP ELF64 brokeness (incorrect .dynamic section)

[ross dot alexander at uk dot neceur dot com]

HP have sent me a copy of ld64 with the bug fixed but here is the patch
anyway.

bfd/Changelog
      * elf.c (bfd_elf_get_bfd_needed_list): Current HP ld64 and existing
shared
      libraries erronously set sh_link in the .dynamic section to 0.  It
should be
      set to the index of the .dynstr section.  Should be fixed on ld
patches later
      than PHSS_26262 as HP has produced a site specific fix.

(See attached file: elf.c.patch)

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Ross Alexander                           "He knows no more about his
MIS - NEC Europe Limited            destiny than a tea leaf knows
Work ph: +44 20 8752 3394         the history of East India Company"


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  |       To:       ross.alexander@uk.neceur.com                                                               |
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In message <OF57EE2279.B5306762-ON80256BEA.0056AFF9@uk.neceur.com>,
ross.alexan
der@uk.neceur.com writes:
  >
  > I don't mind producing a patch to create a workaround (it is very
straight
  > forward, for a change) or we could produce a program which 'corrects'
the
  > defective libraries.  However, because these are system libraries, a
lot
  > of people may be unwilling to go near then.
I suspect "fixing" the defective libraries won't be palatable to most
folks.  If we can engineer a clean workaround in bfd so that we can deal
with the broken libraries in a sane way that would probably be best.

jeff

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