On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 07:45:20PM +0200, Balazs Javor wrote: | Hi, | | I'm currently tracking testing with the /etc/apt/preferences set to: | testing - 800 | unstable - 700 | stable - 600 | | Recently after doing an update in dselect/apt-get it automatically | selected GCC 3.1 and several related stuff. | Unfortunatelly they seen to depend on some libs and the binutils in SID.
gcc 3.1 isn't in woody, only sid.
I think binutils is safe to upgrade. I've been using it (currently
version 2.12.90.0.7-1) for a while now and haven't had problems. I'm
also using a custom-built kernel 2.4.18.
The potential problem is, as the binutils debconf stuff says,
Template: binutils/kernel_link_warning
Type: note
Description: Kernel link failure info
You may experience problems linking older (and some newer) kernels with
this version of binutils. This is not because of a bug in the linker, but
rather a bug in the kernel source. This is being worked out and fixed by
the upstream kernel group in newer kernels, but not all of the problems
may have been fixed at this time. Older kernel versions will almost
always exhibit the problem, however, and no attempts are being made to fix
those that we know of.
.
There are a few work-arounds, but the most reliable is to edit the linker
script for your architecture (e.g. arch/i386/vmlinux.lds) and remove the
'*(.text.exit)' entry from the 'DISCARD' line. It will bloat the kernel
somewhat, but it should link properly.
HTH,
-D
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