binutils > 2.21.51.0.2 fails to build glibc

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> It's quite likely that I misunderstand.  It sounds like you are saying
>>> that it's OK for GNU ld to segfault when building an older version of
>>
>> Linker doesn't segfault.
>>
>>> glibc.  The linker isn't like the compiler, where we tighten
>>> restrictions on the input language.  The linker should accept old object
>>> files.  And of course it should never segfault.  But if I misunderstand,
>>> then I apologize for raising the issue.
>>
>> The problem is the linker generates bad libc.so with unfixed glibc.
>> The fix is trivial and leads to slightly better libc.so as extra bonus.
>
> Thanks for the correction, but that's sort of worse.
>

It happens at build-time and build won't finish.  Hopefully, one won't
install an unfinished glibc build :-(.

-- 
H.J.