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- From: martin@cs.UAlberta.CA (Tim Martin; FSO; Soil Sciences)
- Subject: Re: Warning: using old stat() call. Recompile binary.
- Message-ID: <martin.721519294@menaik>
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- References: <martin.721363005@menaik> <1992Nov10.155049.26567@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <BxIEAB.192@ra.nrl.navy.mil> <1992Nov10.221953.12055@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:01:34 GMT
- Lines: 45
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- dingbat@diku.dk (Niels Skov Olsen) writes:
- >eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
- >> nhc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (n.h.chandler) writes:
- >>> martin@cs.UAlberta.CA (Tim Martin; FSO; Soil Sciences) writes:
- >>>> My attempts to compile the latest Linux have not been very
- >>>> successful. With patch level 4 I get the following error
- >>>> several times, for each disk access command I enter:
- >>>> Warning: using old stat() call. Recompile binary.
-
- Since I started this whole thread, maybe it's appropriate I respond. :)
-
- First, thanks to all those who helped me out. Linus (not surprisingly)
- had the most succinct and helpful explanation. The warning is in
- the linux/fs/stat.c source file, and if it is changed as follows:
-
- printk("Warning: %s uses old stat() call. Recompile.\n",
- current->comm);
-
- and the source is recompiled, then each warning states which binary
- is at fault. This is highly recommended. It turned out my several
- problems between 0.98p0 and 0.98p4 (even those which did not seem,
- superficially, related to stat() ) all disappeared once I updated
- all the binaries identified by this "patch". And there were several,
- in addition to my old bash.
-
- I did the upgrading by getting and mounting the "base disks" found
- in the GCC directory at tsx-ll.mit.edu. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! I
- don't know why it took me so long to get around to getting these!
- Well, I do know: I didn't realise so many of my pieces were so out
- of date: I have been keeping up with the Linux and gcc updates,
- after all! :)
-
- Many thanks again.
-
- Now to try to figure out this tcp/ip thing....
-
- Tim.
-
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