Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 19:34:41 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Shared libs on alpha Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809111933100.15672-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809091137310.15672-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Doug Rabson wrote: > For anyone experimenting with FreeBSD/alpha at the moment, please avoid > trying to use shared libraries for the next couple of days and keep your > systems static. The nice folks at Cygnus have managed to change the > shared object format in such a way that shared executables and libs linked > eith binutils-2.8.1 are totally incompatible with those linked with > binutils-2.9.1. > > Since we haven't released anything yet, I will only be supporting the > 2.9.1 format in rtld but I have some more testing to do before I can > commit that so stay static for the next few days. > > For any of the NetBSD folks reading this list, be warned that you will get > grief from binutils if/when you upgrade your toolchain to binutils-2.9.1. > To be specific, the PLT format has changed and you will probably need two > versions of _rtld_bind_start for the new and old formats :-(. It should now be safe to build shared libs and dynamic executables on alpha. Make sure rtld-elf is up to date before trying to run any shared executables. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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