On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:58:56PM -0700, cagney@mac.com wrote:
> 
> >Number:         13615
> >Category:       kern
> >Synopsis:       NetBSD current requires a .note.netbsd.ident section
> >Confidential:   no
> >Severity:       critical
> >Priority:       high
> >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
> >State:          open
> >Class:          sw-bug
> >Submitter-Id:   net
> >Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 01 13:56:00 PDT 2001
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator:     Andrew cagney
> >Release:        NetBSD 1.5.1 userland + NetBSD 2001-08-01(ish) kernel
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
> NetBSD localhost 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (NETLUX) #0: Wed Aug  1 15:41:44 EDT 2001     boor@localhost:/usr/trunk/sys/arch/macppc/compile/NETLUX macppc
> 
> >Description:
> /usr/lib/crtstart.o contains a .note.netbsd.ident section.
> NetBSD's bundled compiler links crtstart, crtend, crt0, ... into an executable.
> The kernel (current) refuses to run NetBSD executables unless: they contain the above .note section or the kernel is configured with ``options EXEC_ELF_CATCHALL''.
> 
> Unfortunatly, unbundled complers (eg GCC>3.0) typically don't use system supplied files such as crtbegin.o - instead they supply their own.  Consequently, an unbundled compiler won't include the crtbegin.o .note section and, in turn, won't be able to generate binaries that can be run on NetBSD-current.

IMHO, the compiler should be fixed to include the proper .note section
on NetBSD hosts.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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