ld sometimes hangs

[H . J . Lu]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 03:24:05PM -0800, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
> 
> > > > Using my own compiled ld on linux (kernel 2.4.1 and libc 2.2.1) I have
> > > > the problem that ld sometimes just eats up all cputime and doesn't seem
> > > > to be doing anything. I've tried versions 2.10.1 and 2.10.1.0.2 of ld,
> > > > they both have the same problem, just for different packages. findutils
> > > > wont link using ld 2.10.1 and libtool 1.3.5 wont link using ld
> > > > 2.10.1.0.2.
> > > 
> > > Is this an x86 based Linux ?
> > 
> > Yes, but I already told you that in my last mail... *g*
> > 
> > > Can you provide a small test case that reproduces the problem ?
> > 
> > I found something:
> > 
> > >>>
> > #ifdef __cplusplus
> > extern "C"
> > #endif
> > char dlopen();
> > 
> > int main() {
> > dlopen();
> > ; return 0; }
> > <<<
> > 
> > this is taken from the libtool 1.3.5 configure script, and results in
> > the behaviour I described above, when compiled with "gcc -ldl -o test
> > test.c"
> > 
> > As its only the configure script, I know how to work around it now, but
> > I can't grasp why it's happening, and it happens for other packages,
> > too.
> 
> Unfortunately I could not reproduce this in my own test environment,
> so I am forwarding your mail to the binutils list in the hopes that
> someone else can make it happen.
> 

I never saw this myself.

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H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)