Re: Linking against libm-2.5.so ?

[Tom Evans <tom@23palmer.net>]

Thanks for the heads up...

I also thought it is possible to use both the GNU and the BSD style (I 
may have the names wrong) hashes in an image?


...tom

Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 08:10:30PM -0400, Tom Evans wrote:
>
>   
> > I'm using the Debian stable with libc from unstable.  When gcc tries to 
> > link against libm.so, I get an error stating that it is an invalid format.
> >     
>
>   
> > objdump -x on /lib/libm-2.5.so also gives the same message ....
> >     
>
>   
> > Am I missing something here?
> >     
>
> You'll also need the binutils from unstable.  etch->lenny is making what
> appears to be a bidirectionally-incompatible change in the hash table format
> used in ELF objects, so you need matching glibc and binutils from the same
> suite.
>
> I've voiced concerns about this, but so far no one has anything smoother
> than "document it in the release notes, and maybe make glibc conflict with
> old binutils".
>
> Cheers,
>