Re: glibc broken

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:04:54PM -0400, Roland McGrath wrote:
> It is important to be clear about what works and what doesn't:
> 
> * statically linked user programs
> * statically linked user programs that use cthreads

I don't see how a statically linked program can be affected by a glibc
upgrade.  Note that I didn't recompile the Hurd with the new glibc.

> Also test whether running a program via ld.so works,
> i.e. /lib/ld.so.1 /bin/foo arg1 arg2
> 
> This is how exec gets run.  Try /lib/ld.so.1 /hurd/exec --help.

I believe I did this and it worked, but I will try again.

> As to debugging a hurd boot problem, is there a reason you haven't done
> this under a sub-hurd and given more detailed information?

Only lack of time.  That's the next step.

Thanks,
Marcus

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