Bug#218524: unstable libc6 2.3.2.ds1-8 ldconfig broken ???

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 08:16:35PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 02:08:43PM -0800, Stephen Khor wrote:
> > albator:~# strace ldconfig
> > execve("/sbin/ldconfig", ["ldconfig"], [/* 12 vars
> > */]) = 0
> > uname({sys="Linux", node="albator", ...}) = 0
> > --- SIGILL (Illegal instruction) ---
> > +++ killed by SIGILL +++
> 
> Please try:
> gdb ldconfig
> run
> x/8i $pc
> backtrace

Thank you both.  With some help from Randolph I've identified the
problem - an stmxcsr crashes if the kernel does not initialize FXSR
support.

I'll work on a fix.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer