bug in dynamic linker

[H . J . Lu]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 04:35:03PM -0400, Peter A Barros wrote:
> 
> I have been getting this error message when i try to do an ldd on certain
> files.  I upgraded from binutils 2.95 to 2.10 hoping it would solve the
> problem, but it did not. Here's what it looks like:
> 
> BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dl-version.c: 210: _dl_check_map_versions:
> Assertion 'needed != ((void *)0)' failed!
> 
> I recently installed RedHat 6.2, XFree 4.0.1, on a i686 pentium II w 400
> MHz
> 
> I realize there's already been alot of discussion about this particular
> error, but i swear I could not find the *solution* to it.
> Its probably out there, but I just can't find it.
> 
> If someone would be so kind as to spell it out for me, I would be very
> grateful

The dynamic linker is in glibc, not binutils. Please tell us exactly
how to reproduce it.



H.J.