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Re: Anyone compile binutils-2.9.5.0.29?

Subject: Re: Anyone compile binutils-2.9.5.0.29?
From: Ivan Kokshaysky (ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru)
Date: Thu Mar 9 02:34:45 2000


On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 08:25:07AM -0800, Designer Seven wrote:
>
> Interesting point is, so the GNU ld now has -taso?

Only in linux-binutils, for some reasons it's not in the binutils CVS.

> Does it work?

Not wholly with current glibc. Glibc calls personality(0) at init
time thus dropping 32-bit mode. This call was removed in the glibc-2.2
branch long ago and in the 2.1 branch quite recently, so next glibc
snapshots/releases will be OK.
Meanwhile you have to place personality(0x0800000) before first malloc()
in your application if you want to use "-taso".

> Does this mean someone can compile
> Netscape native for Linux/Alpha?
>
Nobody except Netscape folks could answer ;-)
And I won't worry about that since it's legal now to use
DU Netscape on Linux.

Ivan.

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