RE: How to compile on a GLIBC 2.3 system for GLIBC 2.2?

[Joseph D. Wagner]

I tried for weeks to figure this out, and each of the dozen or so different 
instructions I found on the web didn't work.

I wound up upgrading to Red Hat Linux 9.0 which has glibc 2.3.2 as the native 
version.

Joseph Wagner

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ulrich Jakobus [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:56 AM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: How to compile on a GLIBC 2.3 system for GLIBC 2.2?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> sorry to bother you with this silly question, but I have searched the Web,
> browsed the FAQ etc. and cannot find any answer.
> 
> The problem is this: Obviously when I compile an executable on a GLIBC 2.3
> system and link dynamically, it won't run on a system with GLIBC 2.2, I
> get
> an error like this:
> 
>    /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by ./xxx)
> 
> Is there ANY chance to do some cross-compiling on the GLIBC 2.3 system,
> so that the executable uses the older GLIBC 2.2 API and that it will
> then run on the older systems? I understand that newer GLIBC versions
> still contain for backwards compatibility purposes to older executables
> the older API functions in any case.
> 
> Any further hints or links to this problem?
> 
> 
> Thank you very much for any reply,
> Best regards,
> 
> Ulrich
> 
> 
> --
> Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Jakobus
> EM Software & Systems GmbH
> Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 36
> D-71034 Böblingen
> Germany
> Phone  +49 (0)7031 714 5200
> Fax    +49 (0)7031 714 5249
> Mobile +49 (0)163 379 2736
> e-mail address@hidden
> WWW    http://www.emss.de
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bug-glibc mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-glibc