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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index f8a638fd3b..9e70f8c95f 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ please let me know. [Q21] ``On Linux I've got problems with the declarations in Linux kernel headers.'' + +[Q22] ``When I try to compile code which uses IPv6 header and + definitions on my Linux 2.x.y system I am in trouble. + Nothing seems to work.'' + +[Q23] ``When compiling GNU libc I get lots of errors saying functions + in glibc are duplicated in libgcc.'' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ [Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?'' @@ -637,6 +644,37 @@ results because of type conflicts. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q22] ``When I try to compile code which uses IPv6 header and + definitions on my Linux 2.x.y system I am in trouble. + Nothing seems to work.'' + +[A22] {UD} The problem is that the IPv6 development still has not reached +a point where it is stable. There are still lots of incompatible changes +made and the libc headers have to follow. + +Currently (as of 970401) according to Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk> +the required kernel version is 2.1.30. + + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ +[Q23] ``When compiling GNU libc I get lots of errors saying functions + in glibc are duplicated in libgcc.'' + +[A23] {EY} This is *exactly* the same problem that I was having. The +problem was due to the fact that the autoconfigure didn't correctly +detect that linker flag --no-whole-archive was supported in my linker. +In my case it was because I had run ./configure with bogus CFLAGS, and +the test failed. + +One thing that is particularly annoying about this problem is that +once this is misdetected, running configure again won't fix it unless +you first delete config.cache. + +{UD} Starting with glibc-2.0.3 there should be a better test to avoid +some problems of this kind. The setting of CFLAGS is checked at the +very beginning and if it is not usable `configure' will bark. + +~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com> @@ -644,6 +682,7 @@ Answers were given by: {RM} Roland McGrath, <roland@gnu.ai.mit.edu> {HJL} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu> {AJ} Andreas Jaeger, <aj@arthur.pfalz.de> +{EY} Eric Youngdale, <eric@andante.jic.com> Local Variables: mode:text |