>>>> "mb" == Martin Buchholz
<martin(a)xemacs.org> writes:
SJT> On 21.4.6 and later in 21.4 series, and 21.5.4 and later,
SJT> this is normally autodetected. For 21.1.14
mb> Not everywhere.
"Normally" means I'm aware of SUSE and Red Hat use of GNU ld 2.11.90.
mb> Even though this bug affects me personally, I recommend not
mb> fixing it, since no one should be using a pre-release
mb> binutils, and because it's hard to come up with a portable
mb> fix.
We don't have the choice of telling people they asked for it by using
a pre-release binutils. The distro made that choice for them, it's
not really their fault.
mb> However, an addition to PROBLEMS, perhaps mentioning SuSE 7.3
mb> specifically, might be a good idea.
Will do. I'm not sure about the Red Hat version.
Thanks for your analysis!
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