Fix for this error: crosstool-0.28-rc19/build/alpha-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-glibc/libc_pic.os(.text+0xd9b2c): In function `posix_fallocate64': : undefined reference to `__GI___pwrite64' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [crosstool-0.28-rc19/build/alpha-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/build-glibc/libc.so] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `crosstool-0.28-rc19/build/alpha-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-3.4.0-glibc-2.3.2/glibc-2.3.2' make: *** [all] Error 2 extracted from GLIBC CVS by Dan Kegel wget 'http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sysdep.h.diff?r1=1.14&r2=1.15&cvsroot=glibc' (to match context of...) wget 'http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sysdep.h.diff?r1=1.16&r2=1.17&cvsroot=glibc' and rediffed. cf. http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-10/msg00038.html Originally thought we needed this hunk, too: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2003-10/msg00037.html but it seems the sysdep.h change is sufficient, and works better when compiling against linux-2.4. =================================================================== --- glibc-2.3.2/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sysdep.h.old 2004-05-24 22:21:44.000000000 -0700 +++ glibc-2.3.2/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sysdep.h 2004-05-24 22:22:48.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003 +/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. Contributed by Ulrich Drepper, , August 1995. @@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ #define __NR_osf_getsysinfo 256 #define __NR_osf_setsysinfo 257 +/* Help old kernel headers where particular syscalls are not available. */ +#ifndef __NR_semtimedop +# define __NR_semtimedop 423 +#endif + +/* This is a kludge to make syscalls.list find these under the names + pread and pwrite, since some kernel headers define those names + and some define the *64 names for the same system calls. */ +#if !defined __NR_pread && defined __NR_pread64 +# define __NR_pread __NR_pread64 +#endif +#if !defined __NR_pwrite && defined __NR_pwrite64 +# define __NR_pwrite __NR_pwrite64 +#endif + /* * In order to get the hidden arguments for rt_sigaction set up * properly, we need to call the assembly version. Detect this in the