On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 18:19:38 +0000, Jason L. Froebe wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sybase ASE does not run on RedHat Linux 9 or RedHat Enterprise 3.0
> beta.
>
> This is due to a decision made by RedHat to implement a poorly thought
> out plan to force developers to write better code by incorporating a
> "fix" into the glibc. While RedHat's intentions may have been noble,
> RedHat's decision to place it within the glibc is flawed.
>
> This patch incorrectly decides that ASE is broken (it is not).
>
> Please write a polite message to RedHat to remove their broken "fix"
> from the glibc.
> http://www.redhat.com/apps/response/...t_contact.html
>
> ===================
> The patch is named glibc-redhat.patch. There are
> many patches in that file; in the 2.3.2 version, the one
> that causes the issue has a header line that starts with:
>
> +++ glibc-2.3.2-redhat/elf/rtld.c 28 Mar 2003 23:20:05 -0000
> 1.85
>
> If that version has changed in more recent releases, you
> should still be able to check the patch for the literal string:
>
> "Incorrectly built binary which accesses errno, h_errno or
> _res directly. Needs to be fixed.\n"
> ===================
>
> We are tracking this under Sybase # 326398. related RedHat bug# 90002:
> binary compatibility for '_res' broken in glibc 2.3.x.
>
> Sybase is in contact with RedHat, however, RedHat needs to know the
> impact that RedHat's decisions make on their customers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason

p.s. I have created RedHat bug 102995 to cover this

Bug 102995 has been added to the database
Email sent to: jakub@redhat.com, jfroebe@froebe.net, bbrock@redhat.com

jason

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