Patch-ID# 100170-06
Keywords: jumbo-patch ld-1.138 shared LD_LIBRARY_PATH -Bstatic
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1 4.1.1;jumbo patch to fix various ld problems
Date: 12-Aug-91  
 
SunOS release: 4.1 4.1.1
 
Topic: jumbo ld patch
 
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1019004 1032739 1034788 1034833 1037879
                               1041946 1042261 1044524 1045272 1046462
			       1050594 1064820 1065275

Architectures for which this patch is available: sun4 sun3

Patches which may conflict with this patch:

Obsoleted by: SYS_V Rel 4

Problem Description: 

1.132 includes fixes for these bugs:

	1032739: ld core dumps with many libs in multiple directories
	1034788: -r and -pic do not mix bad secondary magic number on...
		(also includes 1034844 as a side effect.)
		** NOTE: the above were previously supplied as the XEROX
		         patch.
	1034833: ld: can't mixed -r with -Bstatic or -A flag in 4.1prefcs...
	1037879: Cannot create executable with shared object which points...
		 (This includes the "fix to the fix" for the new problem
		 that Brown U. reported.)
	1042261: ld only recognized first directory in LD_LIBRARY_PATH
	1044524: multiply defined symbols and seg. fault caused by 4.1's ld
	1045272: ld -u & -r do not seem to work properly

1.135 includes all of the above and in addition includes:

	1019004: -assert definitions can fail to report undefined symbols,
		 as well as all follow-on problems relating to previous
		 alleged fixes for this bug.

1.136 includes all of the above and in addition includes:

	1046462: ld fails with segmentation fault when processing nested
		 #include files

1.136 got updated to include fixes for:

	1019004: (do not account for slots created by "definition checking.")
	1050594: fix uninitialized structure entries.

1.137 includes a fix for:

	1064820: ld can produce bogus diagnostics when processing cascaded
		 .so dependencies

*** This patch is 1.138 ***

    ADDENDUM!  As of 9/19/91 patchid 100266-03 (domestic) or 100267-03
	       (international) is the new libc needed to repair bug 1045471.
	       Bug 1045471 is a libc bug revealed when applying this ld 
	       patch.  Many applications may be linked without necessarily 
	       being affected by bug 1045471.

INSTALL: 
	As root:

        mv /bin/ld to something else (e.g. /bin/ld.FCS)
        cp `arch`/ld /bin/ld
        chmod 755 /bin/ld