Re: A Linux/libc 5 patch for egcs 1.1.2

[Jeffrey A Law <law at hurl dot cygnus dot com>]

  In message <199902271926.LAA06582@atrus.synopsys.com>you write:
  > HJ writes:
  > > I don't remember exactly how to trigger the bug. You may want to
  > > try to use both fclose and iostream in C++ code linked with -static.
  > 
  > I built egcs, using the CVS egcs_1_1_branch as of Friday about 10PM PST,
  > on my Red Hat 4.2 box (using 2.9.1.0.19a binutils for as and ld, rather
  > than the Red Hat version, so that exceptions will work correctly).  This
  > is without HJ's patch.  I used --enable-shared.
  > 
  > All the g++ tests pass (except of course for the expected failures).
  > I sent the report to egcs-testresults.
  > 
  > To try to duplicate the problem HJ has been talking about, I tried
  > the following test program:
I believe this message from the archives has enough of the original report
to build a testcase:  

http://www.cygnus.com/ml/egcs/1998-Jul/0986.html


jeff

ps.  I love online archives. :-)

pps.  My RH 4.2 box is really ready for testing yet.  Forgot how many little
pieces it needed to get going on my box.