From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Nov 28 16:34:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA20428 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA20423 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:34:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@austin.polstra.com) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA24655; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:34:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Message-Id: <199711290034.QAA24655@austin.polstra.com> To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca Subject: Re: Shared Libraries and debugging In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 16:34:35 -0800 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article , Alex Boisvert 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