I'm ashamed to say I haven't updated from 7.10 yet.  I've been in a bit of a
crunch
at work and don't have the time to deal with issues that might arise. 7.10
is the first Linux
I've ever installed myself and been responsible for -- no sys admin -- so
maybe I'm being too
paranoid. Maybe next month.

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Matthias Klose <email address hidden> wrote:

> could this be rechecked with hardy (8.04), or intrepid (8.10
> development)?
>
> ** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> load with libc_p.a causes floating exception
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193487
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "glibc" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: libc6-prof
>
> I'm trying to profile a code that's I/O intensive and so I would like to
> use the profiling version of the C library, libc_p.a. In a nutshell,
> executables
> compiled with gcc with -p (or -pg) and linked with libc_p.a have a floating
> point exception right out the gate. (I also have the Intel C compiler
> installed,
> icc, and the same is true.)
>
> This is true for all versions of gcc I have installed, except for 2.95, for
> which the link fails.
>
> For (the simplest) example:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> %coot 108: cat hello.c
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main() {
>
>  printf ("hello, world!\n");
>
> }
> %coot 109: gcc hello.c
> %coot 110: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 111: gcc hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 112: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 113: gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 114: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 115: gcc -p hello.c
> %coot 116: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 117: gcc -pg hello.c
> %coot 118: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 119: gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 120: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 121: gcc -pg hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 122: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 123: gcc-3.3 -pg hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 124: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 125: gcc-3.4 -pg hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 126: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 127: gcc-4.2 -pg hello.c -lc_p
> %coot 128: a.out
> Floating exception
> %coot 129: gcc-2.95 hello.c
> %coot 130: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 131: gcc-2.95 -pg hello.c
> %coot 132: a.out
> hello, world!
> %coot 133: gcc-2.95 -pg hello.c -lc_p
> /usr/bin/../lib/libc_p.a(syslog.op): In function `__vsyslog_chk':
> (.text+0x70e): undefined reference to `_Unwind_Resume'
> (blah-blah-blah)
> %coot 134:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I'm using the version of libc_p.a found in the Synaptic Package manger
> (SPM) under libc6-prof.
> The versions of gcc were also found under the SPM.
>
> I found  in the Synaptic Package manger (SPM) under libc6-prof.
>
> I've also installed gcc in the same way. Under the SPM, versions 2.95,
> 3.3., 3.4, 4.1, and 4.2 are available. The base version is 4.1:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> %coot 104: gcc -v
> Using built-in specs.
> Target: i486-linux-gnu
> Configured with: ../src/configure -v
> --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr
> --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
> --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls
> --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.1.3 --program-suffix=-4.1
> --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug
> --enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
> %coot 105:
> -----------------------------------
>
> I have a neighbor running Red Hat with gcc 3.2.3, and I am able to build
> and run there, so I know I'm otherwise "doing the right thing:"
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> [pember@tern _gprof]$ gcc -p hello.c -lc_p
> [pember@tern _gprof]$ ./a.out
> hello, world!
> [pember@tern _gprof]$
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Other info:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> %coot 134: cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"
> %coot 136: dpkg -l gcc | cat
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version          Description
>
> +++-==============-================-============================================
> ii  gcc            4:4.1.2-9ubuntu2 The GNU C compiler
> %coot 137: dpkg -l gcc-3.3 | cat
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version           Description
>
> +++-==============-=================-============================================
> ii  gcc-3.3        1:3.3.6-15ubuntu2 The GNU C compiler
> %coot 138: dpkg -l gcc-3.4 | cat
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
>
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii  gcc-3.4        3.4.6-6ubuntu2 The GNU C compiler
> %coot 139: dpkg -l gcc-4.1 | cat
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version         Description
>
> +++-==============-===============-============================================
> ii  gcc-4.1        4.1.2-16ubuntu2 The GNU C compiler
> %coot 140: dpkg -l gcc-4.2 | cat
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
>
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii  gcc-4.2        4.2.1-5ubuntu4 The GNU C compiler
> %coot 143: dpkg -l libc6-prof
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> |
> Status=Not/Installed/Config-f/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/t-aWait/T-pend
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                    Version                 Description
>
> +++-=======================-=======================-==============================================================
> ii  libc6-prof              2.6.1-1ubuntu10         GNU C Library:
> Profiling Libraries
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks,
> Rick Pember
>