[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] tools: link executables with libtinfo explicitly
On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 17:58 +0100, Wei Liu wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 03:33:26PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote: > > binutils 2.22 changed ld default from --copy-dt-needed-entries > > to -no-copy-dt-needed-entries. This revealed that some objects > > are linked implicitly with libtinfo and newer ld fails to build > > relevant executables. For future reference "relevant executables" would be better as a list of the actual affected programs... > > > > Below is short explanation why we should not do that... > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UnderstandingDSOLinkChange says: > > > > The default behaviour for ld (my note: before version 2.22) allows > > users to 'indirectly' link to required objects/libraries through > > intermediate objects/libraries. While this is convenient, it can > > also be dangerous because it makes your program's dependencies tied > > to the dependencies of other objects. If those objects ever change > > their linkages, they can break your program without any changes > > to your own code! > > > > Please run autoconf in tools directory. > > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied, running autoconf. Ian. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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