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Re: 2.4.16-xfs from cvs today.

To: Nathan Straz <nstraz@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: 2.4.16-xfs from cvs today.
From: Arto Jantunen <viiru@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 20 Dec 2001 23:43:43 +0200
Cc: Andrey Nekrasov <andy@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <20011220200300.GG31383@sgi.com>
References: <20011220195712.GA10083@spylog.ru> <20011220200300.GG31383@sgi.com>
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Nathan Straz <nstraz@xxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 10:57:12PM +0300, Andrey Nekrasov wrote:
> > ps. debian sid., gcc 2.94.4
> 
> I've heard some things about binutils in Debian sid are broken.  Check
> their bug database and the linux-kernel archives for workarounds and
> fixes.

Not true. The kernel is the one with the bug. The old ld just happened
to let this through. The new one in Debian sid now doesn't (which is
correct behaviour, but breaks buggy code, like the kernel). This is
fixed in one of the 2.4.17-pre's.

-- 
Arto Jantunen


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