hey,

i'm not fantastically sure if this is the right place to send this, so feel
free to flame accordingly if you think i'm majorly out of place.

i've recently tried to compile mozilla 0.8.1 a few times (like 10 or so)
on debian sid, and i've run across an interesting bug, of sorts. it compiles 
fine, but when i go to run it, it tells me that

./mozilla-bin: error while loading shared libraries: 
/usr/local/src/mozilla/dist/bin/libnspr4.so: undefined symbol: fstat

now. i know this symbol is in libc_nonshared.a (which is why i've got a good
idea that this is NOT the right place to ask this question, being libc related)
but it works on redhat 7 and the rawhide gcc (which isn't that much of a 
consolation prize, as i'm not about to install gcc 2.96, or redhat). a friend
has confirmed that it compiles okay on woody, and i've tested with woody's
binutils to see if that was the issue, but that didn't help. 

it looks to me like even tho /usr/lib/libc.so is setup okay, (ie, it contains
that weird GROUP line that i've never seen in a .so before :) )

anyway. anyone got any ideas as to what libc or gcc bugs might be causing this
as the mozilla people haven't been able to give me a solution appart from 
"it works in redhat *shrug*, try this unrelated fix" :)

thanks 

Andrew Pilley

(ps, if i am emailing to the wrong place, feel free to either tell me where to
go, or forward it for me and mention that to me. i have a feeling i should be
crossposting to the libc mailing list as well)


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