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PATCH: PR ld/10433: Latest ld fails to link ldconfig properly

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Jul 23 09:36:00 GMT 2009 
Hi H.J.

   First of all Alan is right.  You do not have the authority to commit 
patches to generic code without first gaining approval.  So please stop 
doing it.  Even if it is for a critical Linux system bug.

> Any backends which support IFUNC should set the ref_regular field
> properly for IFUNC symbols. Otherwise IFUNC symbols in static
> executables may not work properly. I don't see why the generic ELF
> linker shouldn't test the ref_regular field for IFUNC symbols.

Your argument is reasonable.  But, the decision has been made that 
ref_regular should be tested in the target backend code and not the 
generic code.  You may not like it, but you can live with it.  All 
projects involve compromises in various places and this is one of them.

Refusing to fix the GNU Binutils sources in the manner suggested however 
does not help the long term goal of providing free, effective binary 
tools to anyone who wants them.  You are a very active and helpful 
contributor the Binutils project so please do not let this one bug 
become a major issue.

Cheers
   Nick
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