Subject: Re: `ld.elf_so' bug dead
To: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-alpha
Date: 12/05/1999 10:56:12
Hmm. I just tried the same thing on my Alpha (PC164LX) and it worked
just fine. Kernel built from late October sources (1.4M) and using
Pine 4.10 from pkgsrc.
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Michael L. Hitch wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Dave Huang wrote:
>
> > > The problem was due to a bug in the Alpha pmap_protect(), introduced
> > > in revision 1.65 on 1998/08/25. It's dead in -current, and I've sent
> > > a pullup request for 1.4.2.
> >
> > Is this the "Undefined PLT symbol" bug? 'cuz while things are much
> > better, I just got:
> >
> > main program: Undefined PLT symbol "fwrite" (reloc type = 26, symnum = 126)
> >
> > from pine while trying to save an attachment.
>
> I get a similar error when trying to include an attachement in pine,
> only it's fread. It seens to be easily reproducible on my PC164 - I just
> send a message to myself, attache /netbsd, and send the message.
> Debugging output from ld.elf_so seems to show that it's not related to
> fork() and the pmap bug, and it also appears to make many successful
> lookups before failing.
>
> This was with a kernel built from Saturday's sources.
>
>
> --
> Michael L. Hitch mhitch@montana.edu
> Computer Consultant
> Information Technology Center
> Montana State University Bozeman, MT USA
>
>
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