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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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