Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:47:31 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: binutils woes |
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On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 05:52:31PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> Hi guys, > > On ARM, we appear to have somewhat of a problem with binutils. At > least the following binutils suffer from a problem whereby it is > possible to create programs which contain undefined symbols: [snip] > I think the only way we can ensure kernel correctness is to add a > subsequent stage to kbuild such that whenever we generate a final > program, we grep the 'nm' output for undefined symbols. > > Comments?
Is there a version of binutils that really does get things right? If so, can't you Just Say No to older versions and force people to upgrade (with a simple testcase done upfront) ?
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