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From: "Bradley Dunn" <dunn@harborcom.net>
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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 14:53:40 -0500
Subject: Re: I broke libgcc.a :(
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I don't have a tape for that system. It is pretty much a test box, so 
if there are no other options I guess a reinstall never hurt anyone. 
How does this actually work, though? How is the magic number for 
libgcc.a calculated?

On 21 May 96 at 7:39, J Wunsch wrote:

> As Bradley Dunn wrote:
> 
> > "ld.so: bad magic number in /usr/lib/libgcc.a"
> 
> >  Can anyone offer a 
> > suggestion? BTW, a make clean, make world dies the first time cc
> > is run. Thanks!
> 
> Backup your system from tape.
> 
> Are you sure it's libgcc.a, or perhaps libgcc.so.*?  This one has
> gone in recent systems, but used to be there for quite some time.

Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net>   HarborCom
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