Re: problem with glibc-2.2.3

[Andreas Jaeger]

Richard Polton <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I am experiencing difficulties linking some apps now that I have adopted
> 
> glibc-2.2.3. Essentially the linker is unable to find 'atexit'.

static or dynamic linker?

> nm libc-2.1.3.so | grep atexit
> ...
> 000213fc T atexit
> 
> 
> nm libc-2.2.3.so | grep atexit
> ...
> 00030510 T address@hidden
> 
> 
> nm libc_nonshared.a | grep atexit
> ...
> 00000004 T atexit
> 
> cat libc.so
> GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a )
> 
> where libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.3.so
> 
> When linking an application which refers to libXxf86dga.so the linker
> complains

In that case libXxf86dga.so has no dependency on libc.so.  As you see
above the atexit is defined in 2.2.3 with version 2.0 and your
application should reference that.

Andreas
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