From: Jeffrey A Law <law@upchuck.cygnus.com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
Cc: Eric Kidd <eric.kidd@pobox.com>,
otaylor@redhat.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: __register_frame_info & shared library compatibility
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 16:58:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3019.923442383@upchuck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199904062115.RAA15222@blastula.phys.columbia.edu>
In message < 199904062115.RAA15222@blastula.phys.columbia.edu >you write:
> The best suggestion I can make is: Get glibc 2.1 and compile it with
> egcs. When you do that, glibc absorbs and re-exports the runtime
> functions that are causing the problem. Everything else will pick
> them up from there instead of libgcc.a. You'll have to recompile any
> libraries which are currently exporting __register_frame_info. You
> will not be able to run binaries built in this environment on
> non-glibc-2.1 systems.
>
> You can not do this with glibc 2.0 because then you lose binary
> compatibility with glibc 2.0 compiled by gcc 2.7 (exact same problem
> as you describe).
This points out the terrible problem with the patch to make the *_frame_info
functions weakly referenced in crtstuff.
We're already getting reports of programs that no longer run because of this
change. We may have to revert it.
jeff
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID
From: Jeffrey A Law <law@upchuck.cygnus.com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zack@rabi.columbia.edu>
Cc: Eric Kidd <eric.kidd@pobox.com>,
otaylor@redhat.com, egcs@egcs.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: __register_frame_info & shared library compatibility
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 23:15:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3019.923442383@upchuck> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990430231500.KHdp75SCDuAVn9C78G0tyOzXdGT9HYjL4jJw29ulPIY@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <199904062115.RAA15222@blastula.phys.columbia.edu>
In message < 199904062115.RAA15222@blastula.phys.columbia.edu >you write:
> The best suggestion I can make is: Get glibc 2.1 and compile it with
> egcs. When you do that, glibc absorbs and re-exports the runtime
> functions that are causing the problem. Everything else will pick
> them up from there instead of libgcc.a. You'll have to recompile any
> libraries which are currently exporting __register_frame_info. You
> will not be able to run binaries built in this environment on
> non-glibc-2.1 systems.
>
> You can not do this with glibc 2.0 because then you lose binary
> compatibility with glibc 2.0 compiled by gcc 2.7 (exact same problem
> as you describe).
This points out the terrible problem with the patch to make the *_frame_info
functions weakly referenced in crtstuff.
We're already getting reports of programs that no longer run because of this
change. We may have to revert it.
jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-04-06 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-06 14:00 Eric Kidd
1999-04-06 14:16 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-06 14:52 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-06 15:16 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-06 15:39 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-06 15:51 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-06 16:14 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-07 1:35 ` Andreas Schwab
1999-04-07 6:32 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Andreas Schwab
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-06 16:58 ` Jeffrey A Law [this message]
1999-04-06 17:35 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-06 17:55 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-30 23:15 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-07 2:10 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-07 6:29 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-07 6:53 ` alex.buell
1999-04-30 23:15 ` alex.buell
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-06 17:04 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-07 5:14 Mark Kettenis
1999-04-07 5:33 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-07 18:11 ` John Polstra
1999-04-07 23:36 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 9:57 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 10:31 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 12:44 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 12:49 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 12:57 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 13:12 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 13:24 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 13:31 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 13:42 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 13:54 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 14:38 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Eric Kidd
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 13:02 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 12:55 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 13:01 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 13:25 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-08 13:33 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 13:47 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 13:05 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` H.J. Lu
1999-04-08 12:28 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-21 11:53 ` David O'Brien
1999-04-21 12:00 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-21 13:02 ` David O'Brien
1999-04-21 13:20 ` Joe Buck
1999-04-21 13:33 ` Marc Espie
1999-04-22 22:29 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Marc Espie
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Joe Buck
1999-04-30 23:15 ` David O'Brien
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-30 23:15 ` David O'Brien
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jamie Lokier
1999-04-08 14:56 ` John Polstra
1999-04-08 15:58 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-09 13:01 ` Philipp Thomas
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Philipp Thomas
1999-04-30 23:15 ` John Polstra
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` John Polstra
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-09 4:49 Mark Kettenis
1999-04-10 1:41 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-10 6:41 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-11 21:21 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-10 8:28 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-11 21:25 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-12 6:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-13 21:05 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-13 23:16 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-13 23:38 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Zack Weinberg
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-14 5:58 Mark Kettenis
1999-04-14 14:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-14 14:57 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Jeffrey A Law
1999-04-30 23:15 ` Mark Kettenis
1999-04-21 19:14 N8TM
1999-04-30 23:15 ` N8TM
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