Re: kernel suddenly not linking
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Brandon N wrote:
>
> --- Greg Wiley <greg@orthogony.com> wrote:
> > Hi all-
> >
> > I have successfully built the 2.4.16 kernel several
> > times but suddenly cannot. I am running an up-to-
> > date Woody and am wondering if some recent package
> > update(s) might be the problem. Does anyone have
> > any idea what would cause the linker output in the
> > attached text?
> >
> > TIA,
> > -=greg
> >
>
> I'm getting the exact same error, I just updated all my packages last
> night. I'll let you know what I find out.
There's a thread on linux-kernel addressing this problem. Apparently the
binutils in unstable won't build the kernel because it throws away some
bits of code that the kernel relies upon. This is apparently fixed in the
latest -pre kernel.
-jwb
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