From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f2S7Cnv28089 for linux-mips-outgoing; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:12:49 -0800 Received: from mx.mips.com (mx.mips.com [206.31.31.226]) by oss.sgi.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f2S7CmM28086 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:12:48 -0800 Received: from newman.mips.com (ns-dmz [206.31.31.225]) by mx.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA06430; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:07:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from copfs01.mips.com (copfs01 [192.168.205.101]) by newman.mips.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with ESMTP id XAA15408; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:07:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from mips.com (copsun17 [192.168.205.27]) by copfs01.mips.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA27891; Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:06:49 +0200 (MEST) Message-ID: <3AC18D89.A2A4386A@mips.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:06:49 +0200 From: Carsten Langgaard X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" CC: Keith M Wesolowski , David Jez , Karel van Houten , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: rpm crashing on RH 7.0 indy References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk "Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2001, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > > > That's not the problem. The problem is that static binaries which use > > libdl used to be (and perhaps still are) broken. The reason it's > > using libdl is that the nss libraries are never truly static, unless > > you compile glibc with a special non-recommended option. I have > > indications that this may be fixed in glibc 2.2.2 using my current > > toolchain, but my information is not complete. > > Glibc is fine; it's the kernel that needs a fix (I've sent it here > already once or twice). We might possibly consider putting a workaround > into glibc as well. Have the kernel fix made it into the CVS. If not, could you please resent it. > > > The problem is mmap() fails if a non-zero preferred address is given but > the space is already occupied and no space *above* is available (space > below is not taken into account). A glibc workaround might be to call > mmap() again with no preferred address specified this time. > > -- > + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + > +--------------------------------------------------------------+ > + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + -- _ _ ____ ___ Carsten Langgaard Mailto:carstenl@mips.com |\ /|||___)(___ MIPS Denmark Direct: +45 4486 5527 | \/ ||| ____) Lautrupvang 4B Switch: +45 4486 5555 TECHNOLOGIES 2750 Ballerup Fax...: +45 4486 5556 Denmark http://www.mips.com