approval_X11R6.8.x requested: [Bug 1843] Link stage of libOSMesa.so.4.0 fails every couple of months with "too many symbols require `small' PIC references" : [Attachment 1301] Patch for 2004-11-12-trunk

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Roland Mainz <[email protected]> has asked  for approval_X11R6.8.x:
Bug 1843: Link stage of libOSMesa.so.4.0 fails every couple of months with "too
many symbols require `small' PIC references"
https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1843

Attachment 1301: Patch for 2004-11-12-trunk
https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=1301&action=edit

------- Additional Comments from Roland Mainz <[email protected]>
Requesting approval for X11R6.8.x-branch.

I know that the nomination period for normal patches is over but this issue
permanently harasses the developers - it's having a habit of lying low, like a
rake in the grass and waiting there to hit you at moments when you really don't
expect it. I'd like to see this bug dead dead dead... :)

Risk of the patch:
It's Solaris/SPARC only (=platform-specific patch) and deploys the well-known
workaround to all relevant Imakefiles instead of using it only in an on-demand
basis.
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