[Cpu-users] segfault on Irix 6.5.19m: linker needs -Bsymbolic?

[Edwin L. <el...@fl...>]

Sorry for the previous incomplete message.

Cpu segfaults on Irix 6.5.19m when I try to use any command, e.g., cat.

I have traced it and it seems that plugins/ldap/ldap.c:CPU_init()
calls parseCommand() and it is getting main/cpu.c:parseCommand()
instead of plugins/ldap/commandline.c:parseCommand().

So the globalLdap->dn structure does not get created and the segfault
results.

I worked around it by using -Bsymoblic to link the libraries:

Edit configure file, look for the $archive_cmds definition for Irix,
insert ${wl}-Bsymbolic before ${wl}-set_version.  This is for using gcc
to link, which I presume it will pass -Bsymbolic to the native Irix ld.

This will help OSes where the default linker behavior is to resolve
symbols in the global symbol list.  -Bsymbolic will cause references
within a library to be resolved against it's own symbol list first.

Just my $0.02.


Cheers,
e.