[Python-checkins] python/dist/src README,1.136.4.6,1.136.4.7

gvanrossum@users.sourceforge.net gvanrossum@users.sourceforge.net
Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:02:46 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv18350

Modified Files:
      Tag: release22-maint
	README 
Log Message:
Warn about binutils 2.13 on Solaris.


Index: README
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/README,v
retrieving revision 1.136.4.6
retrieving revision 1.136.4.7
diff -C2 -d -r1.136.4.6 -r1.136.4.7
*** README	31 Jul 2002 11:19:49 -0000	1.136.4.6
--- README	23 Sep 2002 14:02:44 -0000	1.136.4.7
***************
*** 244,247 ****
--- 244,254 ----
  	script).
  
+         When using GCC on Solaris, beware of binutils 2.13 or GCC
+         versions built using it.  This mistakenly enables the
+         -zcombreloc option which creates broken shared libraries on
+         Solaris.  binutils 2.12 works, and the binutils maintainers
+         are aware of the problem, so binutils 2.13.1 will probably fix
+         this problem.
+ 
  Linux:  A problem with threads and fork() was tracked down to a bug in
  	the pthreads code in glibc version 2.0.5; glibc version 2.0.7