From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Edwards To: pme@gcc.gnu.org Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: libstdc++/3497: after build problem Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 13:26:00 -0000 Message-id: <20010702202601.25750.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-07/msg00044.html List-Id: The following reply was made to PR libstdc++/3497; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Phil Edwards To: "Joseph S. Myers" Cc: pme@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org, isabet@club-internet.fr, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: libstdc++/3497: after build problem Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 15:03:55 -0400 On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:09:53PM +0100, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > On 2 Jul 2001 pme@gcc.gnu.org wrote: > > > This is a binutils problem; there is a series of versions > > of binutils which don't work, and the missing __dso_handle > > symbol is the symptom. You should either downgrade your > > binutils to an older version, or (preferably) upgrade to a > > newer version, such as 2.12. I meant 2.11.2 there, oops. > Closing a PR is hardly a complete fix to this problem - if some binutils > versions don't work, we should test for the bug in configure and refuse to > configure with broken binutils. If the requirement for recent binutils is > platform-independent, we should also document it generally in > doc/install.texi and remove the documentation under specific targets > mentioning various old versions that are required. The .hidden bug has been showing up for more than a year on gcc-bugs; "upgrade your binutils" is what's always been said. This particular problem is not a priority for me. Phil -- Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken. - anonymous Egyptian scribe, c.1700 BC