glibc 2.3 build failed

[Joe Malin]

I wish to report a failure of glibc 2.3 build on the following:

Compaq DeskPro EN
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server
Running gcc 3.2 

The following was reported at the end of the make.  There is apparently
some problem with libc.so.6:

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3/iconv' gcc -nostdlib
-
nostartfiles -o /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/iconv/iconvconfig
-Wl,-dynamic-
linker=/usr/bin/glibc/lib/ld-linux.so.2   -Wl,-z,combreloc
/home/jmalin/glibc-
2.3-build/csu/crt1.o /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/csu/crti.o `gcc
--print-file-
name=crtbegin.o` /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/iconv/iconvconfig.o
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/iconv/strtab.o /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/iconv/xmalloc.o  -Wl,-rpath-link=/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/math:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/elf:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/dlfcn:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/nss:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/nis:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/rt:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/resolv:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/crypt:/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/linuxthreads
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/libc.so.6 /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc_nonshared.a -lgcc `gcc
--
print-file-name=crtend.o` /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/csu/crtn.o

/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb4c): multiple definition
of
address@hidden'
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc.so.6(*IND*+0x0):
multiple definition of address@hidden'
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb54): first defined here /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb50): multiple definition of
address@hidden' /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-
build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb40): multiple definition of
address@hidden'
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc.so.6(*IND*+0x0): multiple definition
of
address@hidden'
/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb48):
first defined here /home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/libc.so.6(.data+0xb44):
multiple
definition of address@hidden' collect2: ld returned 1 exit
status
make[2]: *** [/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3-build/iconv/iconvconfig] Error 1
make[2]:
Leaving directory `/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3/iconv' make[1]: ***
[iconv/others]
Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jmalin/glibc-2.3' make: ***
[all]
Error 2



Joe Malin
UIX Documentation Team