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Re: FYI: lt_ld_extra computation via ld.so.conf is broken


From: Ralf Wildenhues
Subject: Re: FYI: lt_ld_extra computation via ld.so.conf is broken
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 16:45:22 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.4.1i

Hi Bob,

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 04:38:11PM CEST:
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> >
> >sed 3.02.  Dated February 1998.  Wow, I am amazed someone still uses
> >this.  :-)
> 
> This is in fact the version that you will find on my Solaris (and 
> FreeBSD) systems:
> 
> % sed --version
> GNU sed version 3.02

Oh, I meant "on linux" -- that specific part is linux-specific.  I do
actually know this software is still in use generally.

(But thinking in terms of cross-compilation, yes, it's a good idea to
remove such stuff.  Even if that particular section is far from being
cross-compile-friendly.)

> I tried newer versions but rejected them because they were 
> considerably slower than 3.02, and core dumped.  It is pretty unusual 
> to have to revert GNU software due to quality problems, but I found it 
> necessary to do just that.

Yes, sed has had a few glitches.

Cheers,
Ralf




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