[yocto] New prelink version

[Khem Raj]

> On Aug 19, 2016, at 6:39 PM, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
> 
> On 8/18/16 10:33 AM, Mark Hatle wrote:
>> I have issued a new prelink release today.
>> 
>> git://git.yoctoproject.org/prelink-cross
>> 
>> master branch: target based prelink
>> new release tag: 20160818
>> 
>> cross_prelink branch: prelink w/ emulated 'rtld' (ld.so)
>> new release tag: 20160818_cross
>> 
>> 
>> From the README file there are a few known issues:
>> 
>> * The --preload option does not always work.  The preload1 test currently fails.
>> 
>> * quick2 test will fail if you do not have static libc installed.
>> 
>> * IFUNC on glibc.  glibc appears to have a bug related to specific IFUNC
>> ordering.  build_local_scope in glibc is processing depth first instead of
>> breadth-first processing as it should be.  The prelink-rtld version works
>> around this issue.  (Prelink-rtld is only available in the cross compile
>> version.)  See: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9131
>> 
>> * ARM & PPC: both are currently failing the reloc8 and reloc9 test
>> Further investigation is in progress on these items.  Until an explanation
>> is found, you should hold off using this for ARM and PPC.
> 
> It was determined the above items are related to a bug most likely in binutils.
> The components failed to execute even before they were prelinked.  The prelinker
> is safe to use on ARM and PPC.

Do you have failing samples that are due to ld issues ?

> 
> --Mark
> 
>> 
>> Changelog for the cross_prelink follows:
>> 
>> Common changes:
>> 
>> * Update configure.ac, libelf.m4 and */Makefile.am to avoid various auto* warnings
>> * Fixed a few compile warnings
>> * Add testcase for YP 9131 - IFUNC problem
>> * Fix LD_PRELOAD issues
>> * Fix section ordering problem (required for binutils-2.22)
>> 
>> Cross prelink specific changes:
>> 
>> * rtld: resync to glibc-2.23
>> * rtld: add additional debug scope support
>> * rtld: Add fix for YP 9131, IFUNC problem
>> 
> 
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