Patch-ID# 100055-01
Keywords:ld library ld.so loader
Synopsis: Many 4.1 ld and ld.so patches for 4.0.3 systems
Date: 14-Mar-90

SunOS release: 4.0.3 4.0.3c

Bug ID's fixed with this patch:
1004518, 1007534, 1007795, 1008417, 1008419, 1009461, 1009524, 1010386, 1010395
1010561, 1010917, 1011138, 1011385, 1011798, 1012460, 1012578, 1012650, 1012694
1014137, 1014617, 1014683, 1014732, 1014889, 1015782, 1016223, 1016359, 1016448
1017540, 1018014, 1018035, 1018957, 1019007, 1020207, 1020281, 1020327, 1028127
1029902, 1030216, 1030258, 1030299, 1030346

Patches which conflict with this patch:

Architectures for which this patch is available:
	sun3, sun4 (includes sun3x and sun4c)

Obsoleted by:

Problem description:

	This contains most of the bugfixes which have been integrated into
	4.1 back-ported to 4.0.3 systems.  The following is a short on-line
	description of each bug.

	1004518: limit to number of obj files loader can handle from library
	1007534: problem with collision of library name and common name
	1007795: ld option "-assert definitions" can not be turned off
	1008417: ld.so exit codes do not permit graceful recovery from failures
	1008419: ld.so can crash on dynamic binding to a common
	1009461: loader fails
	1009524: ldd of a .so produces no message, but "core" file appears
	1010386: -T 0 causes error reading string table in nm and adb
	1010395: ld does not report dependencies to make
	1010561: multiple versions of same maj versioned library in ld.so.cache
	1010917: ld produces bad output file when given both -A and -x options
	1011138: ld does not recursively check for shared library dependencies
	1011385: ld error messages go to standard out and not to stderr
	1011798: 4.0 sun3 linker core dumps if -e option not used
	1012460: Lack of swap space causes mail to be returned
	1012578: ld.so checks its own version, not that of the a.out
	1012650: ld -x option gives zero length symbol table
	1012694: rtld's printf translates NL to CRLF; ldd not filterable
	1014137: ld not able to deal with block sizes > 32K
	1014617: "ld -d -r" does not force common storage for uninitialized
		 variables.
	1014683: ld dies with __GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE full
	1014732: specific .o file causes linker to dump core
	1014889: -y option does not work properly in the event of a link error
	1015782: main(){} core dumps when linked
	1016223: loader blows up
	1016359: ld command does not work with -x option
	1016448: ld complains of bad string table index from previous dynamic
	1017540: "ld -r" of -pic module causes ld segmentation violation
	1018014: ld "-assert pure-text" diagnostics are not useful
	1018035: ld misses .sa's of .so's that have dependencies
	1018957: ld core dumps when linking objects with a large number
		 of symbols
	1019007: add -unassert flag, or don't make default assertions
	1020207: ld dumps core when -pic and -r combined
	1020281: dynamic linking gives error message for large application
	1020327: loader can't handle legal assembler output
	1028127: ld ignores -L option when LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable
	1029902: ldd silently dumps core
	1030216: Dynamically linked programs fail to execute with
		 non-page-aligned stack limits
	1030258: ld.so causes stty and getty to fail
	1030299: ld.so produces unexpected error: mangled dl object list
	1030346: ld will not use anything but "trusted" directories

	Note: patch ID's 100029 and 100030 are both included in this patch.