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RE: [PLUG] RedHat 7.1 glibc2.1 Backward compat - revisited
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align bits properly?
i don't recall learning about that in my computer design and architecture
classes?
is that for real? if so, please point me to somewhere I can read up on bit
alignment in the kernel.
it sounds fishy to me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Peeler
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: 5/24/01 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] RedHat 7.1 glibc2.1 Backward compat - revisited
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 12:08:47PM -0400, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> I'm not going to add to the debate, just remark that a broken
> compiler can easily fixed by downloading the 'approved' ver and
compiling
> that w/ the 'broken' compiler. Then use the 'fixed' compiler and
compile
> again and reinstall. Now everything should be compliant. Someone
please
> tell me if this is wrong.
>
> Also, how can a compiler be incompatible w/ a kernel. What does
The kernel needs the compiler to align bits properly, inline functions
properly, initialize static values in the binary properly and hundreds
of other things. If it doesn't do this, your kernel won't boot or it'll
crash at random places. The gcc that RH ships doesn't do these things
properly. So not only is the binary kernel it produces wrong, the
binary
libs are wrong too. Think of it as a translator during a peace talk,
if the translator fubars the translation you could get WWIII.
> this mean. Does this mean that binaries it produces don't run on the
> kernel? Then it truly is broken and you need new rpm to fix unless
> there's some other way of bootstrapping. If the later scenerios are
the
> case then rh is total crap. If not, then it's just slightly broken.
Not
> that I'm defending _anyone_. I would just like to get the technical
stuff
> worked out. I take all my advocacy arguments to cola. I like this
group
> b/c there's little advocacy so I'm learning more instead of getting
worked
> up. :)
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