Hi Marc! Is this fix now in cvs tree xc module? I.e. can I update my working dir and try to build?
Thanks, Axel On Tue, 14 May 2002, Marc Aurele La France wrote: > On Tue, 14 May 2002, David Dawes wrote: > > > On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 03:46:49PM -0600, Marc Aurele La France wrote: > > >On Mon, 13 May 2002, Mike A. Harris wrote: > > > >> New versions of the gcc compiler have an optimization called > > >> "string merging" which is enabled by default. The XFree86 module > > >> loader chokes on the ELF sections that this optimization adds to > > >> the ELF objects. > > > >> To work around this XFree86 module loader limitation, you need > > >> to pass -fno-merge-constants to the linker when modules are > > >> being built. This can be done from host.def with: > > > >> ModuleLdFlags -fno-merge-constants > > > >That should have a "#define " in front of it. > > > >> This was automatically detected in later 4.1.0 CVS, and also in > > >> 4.2.0 CVS however it looks like someone removed the automatic > > >> checks in head CVS. > > > >No, it wasn't removed. But, it's possible that > > > It looks like the relevant code in got isolated recently. I'll > > commit a fix. > > The committed fix makes sense and does explain the reported behaviour. > Thanks. > > Marc. > > +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | > | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | > | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ > | Edmonton, Alberta | | > | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | > | CANADA | | > +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ > XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. > > _______________________________________________ > Xpert mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
