On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:28:32PM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I wouldn't call glibc 2.1.1 woefully out of date. On the other hand, the > > glibc 2.1.2pre3 (notice the pre) which is still in prerelease, has a > > possibly broken mmap(), which is why it isn't compiled for sparc yet in > > potato. > > > > maybe not woefully out of date, but something is wrong with it (2.1.1 > that is).
I haven't had any problems with 2.1.1, and since it's the latest _release_ of glibc, it's not out of date at all. > > I am looking into the mmap problem. Until then, I suggest not using glibc > > 2.1.2pre2 unless you really feal like testing prerelease software. > > > > i am already testing prerelease software on intel (and alpha, and > powerpc) so what's one more platform. i can't say i didn't have some > emotions installing it though. but as an added bonus i get the xserver > to work again. > > so, is anybody looking into the linker problem? I don't see any problems with the linker in 2.1.2. If you notice anything, please let the libc list know more information. Ben
