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> I don't know what Linux-FT is, but it sure looks like it's ELF support
> is incomplete. Configure works just fine on at least some ELF
> distributions. My suggested workaround for the moment would be
> ./Configure -Dusenm=false
> or answer 'n' to the nm prompt.
Linux-FT is a distribution of Linux 1.2.5 on cd. It is *supposed* to
include full ELF support - that's why I bought it!
> What is the output of nm --version? Perhaps we can put a test in the
> Linux hints file to check for this problem.
nm is version 2.5.2.6
> Good news: dynamic loading of extensions under ELF Linux should work
> just fine. Of course, that assumes you've got a working ELF
> distribution :-).
Theres *always* a catch ;-)
Alan Burlison aburlison@cix.compulink.co.uk
> I don't know what Linux-FT is, but it sure looks like it's ELF support
> is incomplete. Configure works just fine on at least some ELF
> distributions. My suggested workaround for the moment would be
> ./Configure -Dusenm=false
> or answer 'n' to the nm prompt.
Linux-FT is a distribution of Linux 1.2.5 on cd. It is *supposed* to
include full ELF support - that's why I bought it!
> What is the output of nm --version? Perhaps we can put a test in the
> Linux hints file to check for this problem.
nm is version 2.5.2.6
> Good news: dynamic loading of extensions under ELF Linux should work
> just fine. Of course, that assumes you've got a working ELF
> distribution :-).
Theres *always* a catch ;-)
Alan Burlison aburlison@cix.compulink.co.uk