Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:34:35 -0800 From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shared Libraries and debugging Message-ID: <199711290034.QAA24655@austin.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971127222504.3839B-100000@teel.info-noire.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971127222504.3839B-100000@teel.info-noire.com>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971127222504.3839B-100000@teel.info-noire.com>, Alex Boisvert <boia01@gel.usherb.ca> wrote: > > But he was asking about core dumps. And he's right, it doesn't work. > > I've been looking into it, and I have a fix to the dynamic linker that > > seems to make it work fine. I'll commit it after I do a make world > > and a little bit more testing. > > > > Can this be "added" to -stable sometimes? Yes, I will merge the change into -stable after it's been well tested in -current. Be patient, though. This is not the kind of change that should be hurried into -stable. The dynamic linker is a critical component of the system, secondary only to the kernel. If it doesn't work properly, almost everything falls apart. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth
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