Bug#34816: Unresolved _IO_stderr_ when linking statically
>>>>> Matt Armstrong writes:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.1.1-0.1
> I'm attempting to *statically* link a program that makes use of a lot
> of other libraries that were compiled with the old libc (libXt.a,
> libXm.a, libpng.a, etc., etc.).
> I'm finding that all of these libraries contain references to
> _IO_stderr_ (as well as some others, but for now I'm trying to deal
> with _IO_stderr_). It seems to be coming from code like
> fprintf(stderr, ...) within those libraries. The new libc.a doesn't
> provide _IO_stderr_, but it does provide an _IO_stderr.
> Simply re-compiling the affected libs and installing the resulting
> .debs fixes the unresolve. If this is the accepted fix, let me know
> and I'll start filing bugs in the individual packages where I find
> this is a problem.
> But, if static linking is supposed to be backwards compatible with the
> new libc, this is one thing that needs fixing.
Only the shared library is backwards compatible but not the static
one. Recompiling is the right way.
Andreas
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