ATTENTION shared library developers. If you have packages with shared libraries in /lib, please read this.
> > I already have the patch and will be rebuilding libc5 shortly. > > Another thing I came across this hour during the build of netstd-1.25-1: > > gcc -o ypserv server.o yp_svc.o yp_xdr.o version.o -lgdbm -L/usr/lib -lwrap > /usr/lib/libc.a(yp_xdr.o): In function `xdr_peername': > yp_xdr.o(.text+0x1d0): multiple definition of `xdr_ypresp_key_val' > > A bit expanded: > > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/specs > gcc version 2.7.2 > ld -m elf_i386 -dynamic-linker /lib/ld-linux.so.1 -o ypserv -t > /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/lib/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib > -L/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2 server.o yp_svc.o yp_xdr.o version.o > -lgdbm -lwrap -lgcc -lc -lgcc /usr/lib/crtend.o /usr/li > b/crtn.o > ld: mode elf_i386 > /usr/lib/crt1.o > /usr/lib/crti.o > /usr/lib/crtbegin.o > server.o > yp_svc.o > yp_xdr.o > version.o > -lgdbm > (/usr/lib/libwrap.a)hosts_ctl.o > ... > (/usr/lib/libwrap.a)percent_m.o > (/usr/lib/libc.a)setenv.o > ... > (/usr/lib/libc.a)__setgid.o > (/usr/lib/libc.a(yp_xdr.o): In function `xdr_peername': > yp_xdr.o(.text+0x1d0): multiple definition of `xdr_ypresp_key_val' > yp_xdr.o(.text+0x300): first defined here > ... > ld: link errors found, deleting executable `ypserv' > ... > (/usr/lib/libc.a)basename.o > (/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/libgcc.a)_udivdi3.o > (/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/libgcc.a)_umoddi3.o > /usr/lib/crtend.o > /usr/lib/crtn.o > > It may be better we have the links libfoo.so -> libfoo.so.real.name in > the same dir as libfoo.a. Is this a good idea? I think you're right. I'll move them to /usr/lib. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081