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-rw-r--r-- | security/openssl/MESSAGE.SunOS | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/openssl/MESSAGE.SunOS b/security/openssl/MESSAGE.SunOS new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c95c36df556 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/openssl/MESSAGE.SunOS @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +=========================================================================== +$NetBSD: MESSAGE.SunOS,v 1.1 2011/01/20 16:25:21 tez Exp $ + +openssl may dump core on SunOS due to a bug in the Solaris linker which +erroneously pads .init segment with zeros [instead of nops]. Since the +bug is triggered at initialization, it can be seen with a simple test like +'openssl version'. + +Some versions of gcc already contain a workaround, and the linker may be +fixed in some release. If you see the problem, there are details and a +fix for gcc at http://www.openssl.org/~appro/values.c which solves the +problem. + +See also http://gnats.netbsd.org/43939 + +=========================================================================== |