Mailing List Archive: Re: Perl5.001m + config patches on Linux-FT version 1.0, kernel versio

Re: Perl5.001m + config patches on Linux-FT version 1.0, kernel versio

Oct 6, 1995, 12:19 AM

Post #1 of 3 (657 views)

In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9510051101.A15217-0100000@lafcol>
> 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

Re: Perl5.001m + config patches on Linux-FT version 1.0, kernel versio [ In reply to ]

kjahds at kjahds

Oct 6, 1995, 1:39 PM

Post #2 of 3 (651 views)

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On Fri, 6 Oct 1995, Alan Burlison wrote:

> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951005221217.596C-100000@kjahds.com>
> > Please enumerate what parts of ELF (libc, ld.so, etc.) that Linux-FT
> > contains. If I'm remembering right, Linux-FT is an extremely nasty
> > distribution that came out with all ELF stuff before ELF was out of
> > alpha. (Note: I may be misremembering. Please don't base any decisions
> > on that statement without examining the issue yourself.)
>
> I won't waste any more of your time - the ELF support is only the alpha
> version, hence the problems. My copy is on it's way back to the
> distributor as I write this.

I suspected that this was the problem. To be honest, I was astonished
when I saw the FT distribution adverstied on linux-announce, back when
the linux-gcc group was still working on getting GCC out of alpha.

> Pity, since the Linux-FT package is nicely
> put together, it has a GUI based boot manager, and a 'copycache' which
> only copies stuff from the CD as you access it. The distributor
> (Lasermoon) have assured me that a new release is out within the next
> week or so, so I'll wait to see what it is like. It is based around the
> 1.2.13 kernel, and contains XFree 3.1.2. To be fair to the distributor,
> they were happy to offer a return & refund or a replacement, so I can't
> complain *too* much.

OK. Once you've got the new distribution, see how it does. If it still
fails, contact me and p5p, and we'll try to iron out the problems.

> Alan Burlison aburlison@cix.compulink.co.uk

--
Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com, CIS: 70705,126)

Re: Perl5.001m + config patches on Linux-FT version 1.0, kernel versio [ In reply to ]

aburlison at cix

Oct 6, 1995, 4:21 PM

Post #3 of 3 (648 views)

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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951005221217.596C-100000@kjahds.com>
> Please enumerate what parts of ELF (libc, ld.so, etc.) that Linux-FT
> contains. If I'm remembering right, Linux-FT is an extremely nasty
> distribution that came out with all ELF stuff before ELF was out of
> alpha. (Note: I may be misremembering. Please don't base any decisions
> on that statement without examining the issue yourself.)

I won't waste any more of your time - the ELF support is only the alpha
version, hence the problems. My copy is on it's way back to the
distributor as I write this. Pity, since the Linux-FT package is nicely
put together, it has a GUI based boot manager, and a 'copycache' which
only copies stuff from the CD as you access it. The distributor
(Lasermoon) have assured me that a new release is out within the next
week or so, so I'll wait to see what it is like. It is based around the
1.2.13 kernel, and contains XFree 3.1.2. To be fair to the distributor,
they were happy to offer a return & refund or a replacement, so I can't
complain *too* much.

Alan Burlison aburlison@cix.compulink.co.uk