Re: ld -lgen -ladm causes assert failure in gnu ld 2.12.1 and 2.13 under Solaris 2.7 or 2.8

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Andrew,

> Nick> PS.  Sorry about the long delay in replying - it look me ages to find
> Nick> a Solaris 2.7 machine that I could use.
> 
> I take it you didn't have a Solaris 2.8 machine either?

I do now ... I was finally able to get permission to use both a 2.7
and a 2.8 machine.  But mind you I am not a Solaris expert, so I have
skipped several other Solaris bug reports on the list because I do not
know enough to track them down.

> PS: Don't you want to indent the line beginning "h = (struct"  ?

It is - the mailer plays games with the tabs...

> The patch fixes the symptom that I had reproduced.

Hooray.

> Well, the preliminary answer seems to be that it still dumps core 
> while installing Python.  I guess I'll have to try tracking down
> what's going on.

Oh well...

Cheers
        Nick