Bug#591544: libc6: dlopen() does not return when static compilation is used

[Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau@gmail.com>]

reassign 591544 binutils-gold
thank

Le 04/08/10 02:07, Aurelien Jarno a écrit :
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 09:59:50PM +0200, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.11.2-2
> > Severity: important
> >
> > The jpilot package ./configure script generate a test program that does
> > not finish.
> >
> > A short version of the problematic source code is:
> >
> > #include<dlfcn.h>
> >
> > int main ()
> > {
> >    void *self = dlopen (0, RTLD_GLOBAL | RTLD_LAZY);
> >
> >    return 0;
> > }
> >
> > And is compiled using:
> >
> > $ gcc -o conftest -g -Wall   -DHAVE_DLFCN_H  -Wl,--export-dynamic -static conftest.c -ldl
> > conftest.c: In function ‘main’:
> > conftest.c:5: warning: unused variable ‘self’
> > /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccToBZZa.o: in function main:conftest.c:5: warning: Using `dlopen' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
> >
> > The warning may be an indication that something strange is happening.
> >
> > Then the execution:
> >
> > $ ./conftest
> > But never returns and the ./configure never finishes.
>
> Are you using binutils-gold?

Yes

> If yes you are probably hitting bug#584607.

It looks like you are right.
One difference with #584607 is that CPU is at 0% in my case, not 100%.

Removing binutils-gold "solved" the problem.

I reassign the bug to binutils-gold

Thanks

--
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau