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List:       glibc-bug
Subject:    Re: glibc-2.1
From:       Andreas Jaeger <aj () arthur ! rhein-neckar ! de>
Date:       1999-05-22 15:33:55
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>>>>> Craig A Soules writes:

Craig> Excerpts from mail: 22-May-99 Re: glibc-2.1 by Andreas Jaeger@arthur.rh 
>> Please read the complete FAQ first.

Craig> Sorry, I should have mentioned that I already tried that...

>> Btw. the file you mention is a libc5 file.  glibc 2.1 doesn't define
>> __xstat itself.  You can't mix libc5 and glibc 2 headers in /usr/include.

Craig> Ok, I must either be highly confused, or highly confusing! (or maybe
Craig> both ;)  I'm positive that the file include/sys/stat.h does exist, and
Craig> that the calls to stat, fstat, and lstat are all wrappers to the calls
Craig> __xstat, __fxstat, and __lxstat.  The problem seems to be that the
Craig> linker isn't properly connecting the extern declaration of __xstat in
Craig> the stat.h file into the glibc 2 library.  I was thinking that maybe
Craig> someone might know why this could happen?  thanks!

Upps, there was a typo in my message.  glibc 2 defines __xstat (with 2 
underscores) but you mentioned:
> "/usr/include/sys/stat.h:141: undefined reference to `_xstat'".  A quick
with 1 underscore.  libc5 uses this, glibc2 never.

/usr/include/sys/stat.h should exist and the first three lines should
be:
$ head /usr/include/sys/stat.h 
/* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
   License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

If your header looks different you're not using glibc2's header.

Andreas
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