Re: [PATCH] Problem with native IRIX ld

[Gary V. Vaughan]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 04:53:57AM -0200, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Nov 20, 2000, "Gary V. Vaughan" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 04:31:46PM +0200, Morten Eriksen wrote:
> 
> >> So unless I've overlooked something crucial, I propose the attached
> >> patch as a workaround for the IRIX ld problem.
> 
> I'm afraid you have.  I recall severe problems on IRIX before Gary
> implemented -set_version.  Programs linked against libtool shared
> libraries wouldn't run because the dynamic loader complained about
> their not having been linked using -set_version, or some such.

If IRIX ignores minor version number by default, perhaps we could
mitigate the problem by creating a string of major numbers only like
we do on Windows now (i.e. just the one), thusly:

        -set_version 2

Morten, are you able to see whether that has the desired effect?

Cheers,
        Gary.
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