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From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
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Subject: Re: rtld messing up?
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In article <200203112131.g2BLVtDN043534@grimreaper.grondar.org>,
Mark Murray  <mark@grondar.za> wrote:
> 
> Here is kaffe (from ports) post mortem after an at-load blowup.
> 
> #0  0x280520ee in reloc_non_plt (obj=0x28064500, obj_rtld=0x280604a0)
>     at /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c:196
> 196                     *where += (Elf_Addr) obj->relocbase;
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x280520ee in reloc_non_plt (obj=0x28064500, obj_rtld=0x280604a0)
>     at /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/i386/reloc.c:196
> #1  0x2804fb30 in relocate_objects (first=0x28064000, bind_now=0 '\000')
>     at /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c:1398
> #2  0x2804e663 in _rtld (sp=0xbfbffa58, exit_proc=0xbfbffa50, objp=0xbfbffa54)
>     at /usr/src/libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.c:380
> 
> Other ports (like QT2) are also doing this.
> 
> Any ideas?

All I know is this:  The dynamic linker was working just fine for
years.  Then we got a new version of binutils, and lots of problems
started happening.  The dynamic linker wasn't changed -- binutils
was.  I have no idea what got broken, but I kind of doubt that the
bug is in the dynamic linker.

John
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  John Polstra
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