latest libc and binutils

Alberto Vignani (alberto.vignani@torino.alpcom.it)
Sun, 12 Jan 1997 21:18:09 +0000 (GMT)


If you try to strip the .so binaries of libc-5.4.>=19 you get:

strip: sta02056: Invalid argument
strip: sta02056: Invalid argument

You need the newer binutils (2.7.0.>=5) to strip them. But if you install
these binutils you can no more compile the kernel since encaps was removed
and the parameters to objdump were changed.

Stripping libc is not the point here; the real trouble is the change in
binutils. Seems it has to do with the migration to libc-6, but it happened
at the wrong moment since Linus has disappeared again :(

Can please HJ explain to us bleeding-edge fanatics how to use the new
binutils with the kernel?

Alberto