2.1.94 build

[Ulrich Drepper]

Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> writes:

> >> > Timed out: killed the child process
> >> > make[2]: *** [/src/glibc/2.1.94/2000.09.19/elf/vismain.out] Error 1
> >> Broken GCC/binutils combination.
> 
>  > that was with gcc 2.95.2 and binutils 2.10.  i just tried it with
>  > binutils 2.9.1 and had the same result.  which compiler and binutils
>  > should be used?  (you might want to update this in the faq...)
> 
> binutils 2.10.xxx from HJ will work - but you also need a recent gcc
> 2.96 AFAIK.
> 
> Uli, what are the details?

Which arch was it (I'm missing a bit of context)?  If the new
visibility things are not implemented correctly (in the
linker/assembler) the test can run in a tight loop.  That's what
probably happens here.

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