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From: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
To: Adhemerval Zanella Netto <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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Hey,

On Tue, 12 Jul 2022, Adhemerval Zanella Netto via Binutils wrote:

>  * Fix the R_LARCH_NONE generation and backport it to 2.38, or bump
>    the minimum required version to 2.39.  This will hold any inclusion
>    on glibc until binutils is fixed.
> 
>  * Add R_LARCH_NONE handling in boostraping. This is a simpler solution
>    and although it might hinder some possible bugs in static linker,
>    I think for current port status it the best option.

Postel's law is always good advise.  "Be strict in what you generate, be 
lenient in what you accept", even more so for something so basic as a 
program loader.  It seems ill-advised to use ld.so to force something 
onto users that can only be called a strive for purity.


Ciao,
Michael.