Re: binutils-2.6.0.10 bug!

Steffen Boerm (Steffen.Boerm@kiel.netsurf.de)
Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:36:14 -0200


>After installing binutils-2.6.0.10 ld shows a really nasty bug.
>
>------
>t1.c:
>main() {}
>------
>
>Now
>
>gcc -o t1 t1.c -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXmu
>
>You get a whole stream of errors from unresolved symbols in libXmu!
>This is NOT friendly behavior. It breaks configure scripts, for
>example xemacs configure expects to test for the presence of Xmu by
>just this above test. Furthermore, I don't think any other linkers
>would give errors for this.

I get lots of unresolved symbols when trying to link anything
together with ncurses or even libfl. Could it have something to
do with the fact that both libraries are aout-Archives, not ELF
ones?

Best regards, Steffen 8-)