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I need to be able to compile the libc shared library (in order to do
some custom modifications to some of the functions). I haven't been
able to get it to work. I've upgraded my binutils to to 2.5.2.6, the
DLL tools to 2.17, put in all the include files and extras -- heck, I
even dropped in the pre-compiled libc.so.4.6.27. Nothing works.

The make fails toward the end when it tries to build the shareable
images using mkimage. I'm not all that knowledgeable in this hacked
jump-table business otherwise I'd know what to fix.

I'm using the 1.2.5 kernel and GCC 2.5.8.

If anyone has any tips regarding the black art of compiling this
thing, please share.

I can supply excerpts from the output of the make upon request -- I
don't want to spam this fine newsgroup any more by posting that.

Quote:>I need to be able to compile the libc shared library (in order to do
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>If anyone has any tips regarding the black art of compiling this
>thing, please share.

..

Hello, I did experiment the same problem with building the library for nys.
The problem is somewhere between bash and the compiler. Try to get the previous
version of bash (1.14.2) and this will work. The current version of bash(1.14.3)
seems to return other values and the Makefile sees the return code as an error.

So try to return to the previous version of bash. It certainly will work.

                -Bernard

compile libc.so.5.0.x! It is the ELF stuff and works great. (Recompiling
the slacksrc is not too difficult ...). Forget about registering your
dlls. Load modules dynamic in Your program and .. and ...!

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This is a well known bash bug. Patch on the gnu.bash.bug newsgroup.
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: >version of bash (1.14.2) and this will work.
: >The current version of bash(1.14.3)
: >seems to return other values and the Makefile sees the return code as an error.

: This is a well known bash bug. Patch on the gnu.bash.bug newsgroup.

Or just upgrade to the new current version (1.14.4), from prep.ai.mit.edu
/pub/gnu/

        -Kurt Hockenbury