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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:00:04 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb Makefile
Message-ID:  <20020622100004.A44001@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020622201241.K7645-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 08:26:30PM %2B1000
References:  <200206211905.g5LJ5Ke39248@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020622201241.K7645-100000@gamplex.bde.org>

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On Sat, Jun 22, 2002 at 08:26:30PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, David E. O'Brien wrote:
> 
> > obrien      2002/06/21 12:05:20 PDT
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb Makefile
> >   Log:
> >   We need to link with libiberty.a before libreadline.so.  Both supply
> >   xmalloc() and xrealloc() and the mixed usage of xmalloc in some .c's from
> >   libiberty.a and other .c's from libreadline.so produces an unusable binary
> >   on the Alpha.
> 
> Not to mention that it results in a nonexistent binary on i386's when
> the error of mixing x*alloc()s is detected by linking statically.  This
> has been breaking worlds for about 5 months.

Wish you had mentioned it 5 months ago. :-)
Is the build failure you sent me with static linking?  I cannot reproduce
it anywhere.

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