So, what we are, essentially, saying is that GNUstep can't work with the standard Linux linker. I'm wondering in whose mind this is acceptable.
GC On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 9:32 AM Gregory Casamento <[email protected]> wrote: > Facepalm this is happening every time I rebuild. Ugh! I really can't > delete my whole installation every time. > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 8:56 AM Richard Frith-Macdonald < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > On 11 Feb 2020, at 13:47, David Chisnall <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > On 11/02/2020 12:30, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote: >> >> clang -v reported that the normal, system linker was being used >> > >> > FYI: On most GNU/Linux platforms, BFD is the 'normal, system linker'. >> For example: >> > >> > $ ld -v >> > GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.31.1 >> > >> > This is the BFD linker on a Debian system. >> > >> > $ ld.gold -v >> > GNU gold (GNU Binutils for Debian 2.31.1) 1.16 >> > >> > This is gold on a Debian system. It is installed by the binutils >> package, but is not installed as the system linker. >> > >> > $ ld -v >> > LLD 8.0.1 (FreeBSD 366581-1200008) (compatible with GNU linkers) >> > >> > This is LLD on a FreeBSD system. It is the system linker. >> >> Thanks. >> Mine was a CentOS-7 system with 'alternatives' set to use ld.gold >> I did have three toolchains installed (which may have confused thngs), >> but all three were set to use ld.gold >> Only when I removed all copies of ld.bfd was I able to build gnustep-base >> to use the new ABI and have it not crash immediately on startup. >> My best guess at an explanation is that I did something (in the distant >> past so I don't remember) that confused/broke the 'alternatives' system. >> >> Something else worth noting wrt the core dump is that it's quite >> commonplace, when building/installing the core libraries, that if something >> is horribly broken in base it will show up as soon as you try to build gui >> and that runs plmerge: a plmerge segfault could have many causes, and I >> didn't mean to blame it on using the new ABI or the bfd linker. >> > > > -- > Gregory Casamento > GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant > http://www.gnustep.org > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/b017d9fa2c27e38a968525e928dcfdf501652875?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnustep.org&userId=2790543&signature=c19c3433aecbb4a4> > - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/0eaec00726b57cae8c8419268529a93bf7772c8d?url=http%3A%2F%2Fheronsperch.blogspot.com&userId=2790543&signature=b8b80d2c59e49c01> > http://ind.ie/phoenix/ > <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/d8ab8827cdc67cf1df35593da895b369c36ec9d1?url=http%3A%2F%2Find.ie%2Fphoenix%2F&userId=2790543&signature=ec18d31808af1918> > -- Gregory Casamento GNUstep Lead Developer / OLC, Principal Consultant http://www.gnustep.org <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/4ce2e2c05bca8ac451e7b4901f42d0f5153972c5?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gnustep.org&userId=2790543&signature=92c109e4b391468c> - http://heronsperch.blogspot.com <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/9a4c7577c52da95037007e1c219f2ab43349c0a2?url=http%3A%2F%2Fheronsperch.blogspot.com&userId=2790543&signature=8ac2348234acd587> http://ind.ie/phoenix/ <https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/03c868ecda7a86873b2b1789745a449fd63745a5?url=http%3A%2F%2Find.ie%2Fphoenix%2F&userId=2790543&signature=0f5c10bda6486b9a>
