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Message-ID: <20120528081034.GL17860@port70.net>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 10:10:34 +0200
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: SIGILL when dynamic linking without
 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions

* Isaac Dunham <idunham@...abit.com> [2012-05-27 21:52:56 -0700]:
> When -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions is disabled in the makefile, musl
> cannot be used for dynamic linking.
> However, the -Bsymbolic-functions option was added in binutils 2.17.50
> (a CVS/git version, not a release); this was apparently just prior to
> the license switch.
> 
> As a result, it will be impossible to use Aboriginal Linux packages to
> generate a version capable of dynamic linking.
> 

why?

if it was added prior to the license change then i dont see the problem

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils.git;a=blob;f=ld/ChangeLog-2007#l1137

vs

http://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils.git;a=commit;h=27adf0212c3d5372805fcb6d2759cca069403b8f

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