I peridocally prelink my sustem with the following prelink script: -------------------------------------------------- #! /bin/sh prelink -ahfR env-update -------------------------------------------------- I run it once: -------------------------------------------------- localhost bin # ./prelink prelink: /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libbfd-2.15.92.0.2.so is not present in any config file directories, nor was specified on command line prelink: Could not find virtual address slot for /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... -------------------------------------------------- I run it again: -------------------------------------------------- localhost bin # ./prelink prelink: /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libbfd-2.15.92.0.2.so is not present in any config file directories, nor was specified on command line prelink: Could not find virtual address slot for /usr/kde/3.3/lib/libkdeinit_kmixctrl.so >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... -------------------------------------------------- I run it yet again: -------------------------------------------------- ./prelink prelink: /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/lib/libbfd-2.15.92.0.2.so is not present in any config file directories, nor was specified on command line prelink: Could not find virtual address slot for /usr/lib/mozilla/libxpcom.so >>> Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache... * Caching service dependencies... -------------------------------------------------- No matter how many times I run it , prelink fails (prints the error and terminates) with Could not find virtual address slot for <SOME LIBRARY>. A few days ago this was working. I have installed some software since (gcc-3.4.3-r1,mysql,gtkmm,php<PG,MY>admin...) , but AFAIK this should not matter. Any ideas ? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.prelink -ahfR 2. 3. Actual Results: Prelink fails with Could not find virtual address slot for <SOME LIBRARY> Expected Results: Apart from (non-fatal) prelinking errors on apps that link with NVidia gl-libs: a n error-less prelink Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.2, gcc-3.4.3, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r1, 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r6,sys-devel/autoconf-2.13 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r2,sys-devel/automake-1.5,sys-devel/automake-1.4_p6,sys-devel/automake-1.6.3,sys-devel/automake-1.7.9,sys-devel/automake-1.9.3 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.92.0.2-r2,sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux26-headers-2.6.8.1-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r7 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fforce-addr -falign-functions=4" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms test" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.ITDNet.net/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X aalib alsa arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups dba doc encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gd gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 guile imagemagick imlib jack java jpeg junit kde ldap libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmap motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls nptl oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png postgres python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell ssl svga tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb vhosts x86 xml xml2 xmms xv zlib linguas_en"
I've updated my binutils to 2.15.92.0.2-r1 and pruned all other (previously had 2.15.92.0.2-r2 and some older version) and prelink works again. Unfortunately I've been unable to reproduce the problem with reemerging -r2 and am not sure what caused it. Closing as WORKSFORME. Ivan Yosifov.
