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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 11:41:53PM -0800, Lee Forrest wrote:
> (on my debian box)
> 
> Turns out that all I needed to do was update binutils.

Specifically, ld, which, the person advising me said, must be
updated when the base libs are.

<quote>
NAME
       ld - Using LD, the GNU linker

SYNOPSIS
       ld [options] objfile ...

DESCRIPTION
       ld  combines  a  number of object and archive files, relo
       cates their data and ties up  symbol  references.  Usually
       the last step in compiling a program is to run ld.

       ld  accepts  Linker  Command  Language  files written in a
       superset of AT&T's Link Editor Command Language syntax, to
       provide  explicit  and total control over the linking pro
       cess.
...

</quote>

Seems to be right. I don't remember updating my baselibs before
the compiler quit working, but it could have happenned. Apt-get
(the debian package manager) is very complex and presumes to do
all sorts of things you don't specifically call for, and you have
to watch it carefully.

I like the way packages are handled on BL. Takes more work in
the short run, but less in the long run. And there's a lot more
control. I'll log everything and keep notes, in a compressed
file or tarball.

> Jeeeeeesh!
> 
> Lee
> 
> -- 
> In order to understand recursion you must first understand recursion.