On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 02:04:47PM -0400, Camm Maguire wrote: > reaassign 217484 libc6 > severity 217484 important > merge 217484 204789 > thanks > > Greetings! This is due to the way libc6 on ia64 Debian linux (only) > recalculates function descriptors at runtime depending on the exact > version of the shared libs present, ostensible soname compatibility > notwithstanding. A simple recompile on the box on which gcl will run > is a workaround. If this cannot be fixed, we will have to ensure gcl > is synchronized with its shared lib dependency packages when > finalizing sarge.
I still don't understand why you consider this behavior to be a bug in libc6. The ia64 ABI does not promise that function descriptors will remain constant even across runs, as far as I know. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
