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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-mips-dangling-vfork-ref.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-mips-dangling-vfork-ref.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..852b6de669 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-mips-dangling-vfork-ref.patch @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +Avoid a dangling `vfork@GLIBC_2.0' reference on MIPS. + +Note: Here the ChangeLog and NEWS updates are removed from Maciej's + patch, since they depend on other earlier commits. + +From: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@codesourcery.com> +Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:20:37 +0000 (+0100) +Subject: MIPS: Avoid a dangling `vfork@GLIBC_2.0' reference +X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=c14e752fc73d34c75d4f84f37fea8e0b1734cf98 + +MIPS: Avoid a dangling `vfork@GLIBC_2.0' reference + +This satisfies a symbol reference created with: + + .symver __libc_vfork, vfork@GLIBC_2.0 + +where `__libc_vfork' has not been defined or referenced. In this case +the `vfork@GLIBC_2.0' reference is supposed to be discarded, however a +bug present in GAS since forever causes an undefined symbol table entry +to be created. This in turn triggers a problem in the linker that can +manifest itself by link errors such as: + +ld: libpthread.so: invalid string offset 2765592330 >= 5154 for section `.dynstr' + +The GAS and linker bugs need to be resolved, but we can avoid them too +by providing a `__libc_vfork' definition just like our other platforms. + + [BZ #17485] + * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S (__libc_vfork): Define. + +(cherry picked from commit b5af9297d51a43f96c5be1bafab032184690dd6f) + +Conflicts: + NEWS +--- + +diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S +index 80c362d..2c1a747 100644 +--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S ++++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/vfork.S +@@ -108,3 +108,4 @@ L(error): + + libc_hidden_def(__vfork) + weak_alias (__vfork, vfork) ++strong_alias (__vfork, __libc_vfork) |