Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-10 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > While I've got you here, I've run into a problem with X -configure > segfaulting in the s3virge driver. I haven't checked it lately (meaning > in the past three weeks), so it might be fixed already (I'll check again > tomorrow), but I wanted to

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-10 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > While I've got you here, I've run into a problem with X -configure > segfaulting in the s3virge driver. I haven't checked it lately (meaning > in the past three weeks), so it might be fixed already (I'll check again > tomorrow), but I wanted t

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > It is still puzzleing why it does something different on Alpha vs others. > Maybe someone could run objdump --headers on Alpha & x86 versions of the > same modules so we can see if there are any interesting differences. While I've got you here, I've

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > This loader is different from the libc loader in that it operates on the > symbols that are used when linking an object (and are the ones that get > stripped). This differ from the .so libraries that the libc loader uses. They > have a .dynsym section

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > It is still puzzleing why it does something different on Alpha vs others. > Maybe someone could run objdump --headers on Alpha & x86 versions of the > same modules so we can see if there are any interesting differences. While I've got you here, I've

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > This loader is different from the libc loader in that it operates on the > symbols that are used when linking an object (and are the ones that get > stripped). This differ from the .so libraries that the libc loader uses. They > have a .dynsym section

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > We know how to turn off stripping for Alpha, that's not the problem. The > problem is why the loader is choking on stripped modules. We don't know. This loader is different from the libc loader in that it operates on the symbols that are used when l

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:25:40PM -0500, Stuart Anderson wrote: > Where is dh_strip invoked? I don't see it in the XFree86 config files, so > I'll assume it is run as part of te packagin process. Yes. It is run as part of the debian/rules makefile, which wraps the XFree86 make World and make ins

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > Stuart may not be familiar with the vagaries of Debian packaging. You're right, I'm not. Always meant to get to that, but still haven't. > I build with debugging symbols enabled, but Debian Policy insists that they > be stripped out when the package

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > Stuart may not be familiar with the vagaries of Debian packaging. > > I build with debugging symbols enabled, but Debian Policy insists that they > be stripped out when the package is generated. > > My completely uneducated guess is that something in

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:12:48AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > > > I seemed to miss the patch mentioned, but my guess would be that it involves > > wether or not to pass -s to install? > > > > The modules that get loaded can't get comple

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > We know how to turn off stripping for Alpha, that's not the problem. The > problem is why the loader is choking on stripped modules. We don't know. This loader is different from the libc loader in that it operates on the symbols that are used when

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 01:25:40PM -0500, Stuart Anderson wrote: > Where is dh_strip invoked? I don't see it in the XFree86 config files, so > I'll assume it is run as part of te packagin process. Yes. It is run as part of the debian/rules makefile, which wraps the XFree86 make World and make in

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > Stuart may not be familiar with the vagaries of Debian packaging. You're right, I'm not. Always meant to get to that, but still haven't. > I build with debugging symbols enabled, but Debian Policy insists that they > be stripped out when the package

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > I seemed to miss the patch mentioned, but my guess would be that it involves > wether or not to pass -s to install? > > The modules that get loaded can't get completely stripped, or they loose the > symbol & relocation information which is required fo

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Paulo César Pereira de Andrade
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > Stuart may not be familiar with the vagaries of Debian packaging. > > I build with debugging symbols enabled, but Debian Policy insists that they > be stripped out when the package is generated. > > My completely uneducated guess is that something i

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 11:12:48AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > > > I seemed to miss the patch mentioned, but my guess would be that it involves > > wether or not to pass -s to install? > > > > The modules that get loaded can't get compl

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 02:27:22AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > Oh, while I'm on the subject, I really need that patch to the rules script > > incorporated for now. For some reason, whenever the modules in > > xserver-xfree86 are stripped

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Stuart Anderson wrote: > I seemed to miss the patch mentioned, but my guess would be that it involves > wether or not to pass -s to install? > > The modules that get loaded can't get completely stripped, or they loose the > symbol & relocation information which is required f

Re: [Xpert] stripping X server modules on Alpha makes them unusable

2000-12-07 Thread Stuart Anderson
On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 02:27:22AM -0500, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > Oh, while I'm on the subject, I really need that patch to the rules script > > incorporated for now. For some reason, whenever the modules in > > xserver-xfree86 are strippe