-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Richard Bass wrote: > Package: glibc > Version: 2.3.2-2 > > (Sorry - the above mini-header was for the Debian bug tracking system). > > To the glibc maintainers, et al: > > I tried to access gnats at > http://www-gnats.gnu.org:8080/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl > but there was no response, so I am emailing this bug report. > > We have a chrooted build environment which we have been using over the > last couple of years that is based on the RedHat 5.2 distribution. This > shipped with glibc-2.0.7-29 and gcc-2.7.2.3-14. Programs we have built > in this environment have successfully run on virtually every Gnu/Linux > distribution we have ever come across. Unfortunately, glibc 2.3.2 has > broken binary compatibility with these programs. I include below > the source of a program which when compiled in this build environment, > dumps core when dynamically linked against glibc 2.3.2. I have > experienced this on Debian SID and Mandrake 9.2 beta2, both of > which include versions of glibc 2.3.2. Let me also mention that > all PRIOR versions of glibc have worked just fine, so something must > have gotten broken in 2.3.2. >
It seems this issue is fixed in Mandrake cooker, win4lin 4 works now on current cooker (except an older kernel, same as 9.2b2). [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ uname -r 2.4.21-6mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ rpm -q glibc glibc-2.3.2-12mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] bgmilne]$ rpm -q glibc --changelog|head * Fri Aug 22 2003 Gwenole Beauchesne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2.3.2-12mdk - - Fix <asm/types.h> to mark long long types as GNU __extension__ - - Assorted fixes fro current CVS: - Patch35: Fix libio for arches without < GLIBC_2.2 compatibility - Patch36: Binary compatibility fix for [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Patch37: Strict aliasing fixes in <ctype.h> - Patch38: Fix C++/dlerror/pthread problem Now I just need to get a working 2.4.22 kernel ... Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/S068rJK6UGDSBKcRApuUAKCysx4Jc8mORK5pB0CaMcZuOxToJwCfRyFC VrZ8ECp5W/OLoFECfi6Vm+o= =m4yt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
