binutils > 2.21.51.0.2 fails to build glibc

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday, January 12, 2011 01:46:42 H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > "H.J. Lu" 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.

assuming native build.  a cross-build wont have a clue.
-mike
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