Juan Cespedes wrote: > > Ciao, > > ld segfaults very often. Too often. > > This affects results from './configure', and prevents > > a lot of programs to be compiled fine. > > > > my ldso is 1.9.2-1 > > `ld' is from binutils. Can you tell us which binutils are you > using, and an example where `ld' fails?
test# dpkg -l binutils Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii binutils 2.8.1-2 The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti when I run ./configure from strace (for example) and it starts searching for strerror I see this on my log: Oct 28 16:44:31 test kernel: Fault: ld[3664]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:36 test kernel: Fault: ld[3716]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:37 test kernel: Fault: ld[3728]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:38 test kernel: Fault: ld[3740]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:39 test kernel: Fault: ld[3752]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:40 test kernel: Fault: ld[3764]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:42 test kernel: Fault: ld[3776]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:43 test kernel: Fault: ld[3788]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:46 test kernel: Fault: ld[3812]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:47 test kernel: Fault: ld[3824]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:48 test kernel: Fault: ld[3836]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 Oct 28 16:44:49 test kernel: Fault: ld[3848]: segfaults at 00000000 pc=50053100 the result is that configure doesn't find strerror, even if it is present > BTW, I'm not able to reproduce your problem compiling glibc, > but I'm trying to compile a newer one (971026), with gcc_2.7.2.3-2. cross fingers ;-) Ciao -- Davide Barbieri - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sparc Debian) PGP fingerprint = CD 8D A9 1E DB 0C B0 16 F8 2F BF 63 52 49 8B A8 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

