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Re: workaround for virtualpc bug
From: |
Christoph Egger |
Subject: |
Re: workaround for virtualpc bug |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Oct 2005 21:57:12 +0200 (MEST) |
> Hi Christoph,
>
> * Christoph Egger wrote on Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 03:00:21PM CEST:
> >
> > The following condition must be met to reproduce the virtualpc bug:
> >
> > - VirtualPC must run in the background or in the dock
> > - you must link a module and use -export-symbols
> > - $output_objdir/$libname.filter must be empty
>
> Wow.
yeah...
> > When the conditions are met and the error appears, then you see
> > this error:
> >
> > Cannot export : symbol not defined
> > Creating library file: $output_objdir/$libname.dll.a
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status *snip*
> > The patch works around the bug in virtualpc by not operating
> > on an empty file.
>
> Wouldn't this rather be a bug in sed?
If this is a bug in sed, why wouldn't it have been catched earlier?
I mean, if it is a sed bug rather one in virtualpc, then there
should be more platforms where this issue is reproducable.
> > The patch has been reviewed and okey'd by Peter Ekberg (who
> > originally wrote the piece of code the patch touches).
>
> Does this simpler patch also work?
No, this patch does not work. hmm... so my patch is more likely
to work around a bug in sed than in virtualpc then ...?
> Which sed version is this, by the way?
This is GNU sed 4.1.4.
> Cheers,
> Ralf
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Greetings,
Christoph
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