Bug 55611

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Description of problem:
Dynamic libs which include a reference to stat() will fail to resolve
symbol if linked on RH7.1.  The standard libc /usr/lib/libc.so is a text
file that contains this line:          GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6
/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a ) and the stat function is found in the static
lib.  But for some reason if linked using a 7.1 linker the symbol fails to
resolve. If linked on 7.0 or 6.2 it resolves fine.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. See below for source files main.cxx st.c 
2.  gcc -c main.cxx
3.  gcc -c st.c
4.  /usr/bin/ld -v -shared -fPIC -o libtest.so st.o
5. gcc main.o libtest.so
6. setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH .
7. ./a.out /tmp
	

Actual Results:  mylanta[2] gcc -c main.cxx
mylanta[3] gcc -c st.c
mylanta[4] /usr/bin/ld -v -shared -fPIC -o libtest.so st.o
GNU ld version 2.10.91 (with BFD 2.10.91.0.2)
mylanta[5] gcc main.o libtest.so
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH .
mylanta[6] ./a.out /tmp
./a.out: error while loading shared libraries: ./libtest.so: undefined
symbol: stat

Expected Results:  Filesystem /tmp uses blocks of size 4096

Additional info:

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main.cxx
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
extern "C" int print_stats( char *);

main (int argc, char ** argv ) {
   if (argc>1)
      for (int i=1; i<argc; i++)
         print_stats( argv[i] );
   else
      printf("Missing argument\n");
   exit(0);
}
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st.c
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#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int print_stats(char *filename ) {
   struct stat buffer;
   if (stat( filename, &buffer )==0)
      printf("Filesystem %s uses blocks of size %ld\n", filename,
buffer.st_blksize);
   else
      printf("Error stating %s\n", filename);
   return 0;
}

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