> Hi Christoph, > > * Christoph Egger wrote on Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 03:00:21PM CEST: > > > > The following condition must be met to reproduce the virtualpc bug: > > > > - VirtualPC must run in the background or in the dock > > - you must link a module and use -export-symbols > > - $output_objdir/$libname.filter must be empty > > Wow.
yeah... > > When the conditions are met and the error appears, then you see > > this error: > > > > Cannot export : symbol not defined > > Creating library file: $output_objdir/$libname.dll.a > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status *snip* > > The patch works around the bug in virtualpc by not operating > > on an empty file. > > Wouldn't this rather be a bug in sed? If this is a bug in sed, why wouldn't it have been catched earlier? I mean, if it is a sed bug rather one in virtualpc, then there should be more platforms where this issue is reproducable. > > The patch has been reviewed and okey'd by Peter Ekberg (who > > originally wrote the piece of code the patch touches). > > Does this simpler patch also work? No, this patch does not work. hmm... so my patch is more likely to work around a bug in sed than in virtualpc then ...? > Which sed version is this, by the way? This is GNU sed 4.1.4. > Cheers, > Ralf -- Greetings, Christoph Telefonieren Sie schon oder sparen Sie noch? NEU: GMX Phone_Flat http://www.gmx.net/de/go/telefonie