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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:51:44 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
To:        ache@nagual.pp.ru
Cc:        peter@netplex.com.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: lorder problem: aout vs. elf (and GNU Configure problem too)
Message-ID:  <199806052051.PAA00410@detlev.UUCP>
In-Reply-To: <19980605150554.B15856@nagual.pp.ru> (message from =?koi8-r?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= on Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:05:54 %2B0400)
References:  <19980605123736.A20838@nagual.pp.ru> <199806051051.SAA00749@spinner.netplex.com.au> <19980605150554.B15856@nagual.pp.ru>

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>>> /usr/lib/libc.a (now moved to /usr/lib/aout) is also often parsed by GNU
>>> Configure :-(
>> Huh??  Such as?  Almost all the GNU configure scripts test for presense of 
>> libc routines by a compile attempt.  I've never seen an autoconf script 
> Yes, but I see at least three times when /usr/lib/libc.so.3.1 will
> be nm'ed by Configure. I can't remember which ports affected right now,
> but soon somebody hit in this and we'll see...

If these are GNU programs, please let me know.  GNU programs generally
shouldn't rely on compilation internals like that.

Happy hacking,
joelh

-- 
Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan
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