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Re: Build a portable linux binary?
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John W. Eaton |
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Re: Build a portable linux binary? |
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Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:57:27 -0500 |
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On 2/22/19 11:33 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
(*) THis is a serious problem that you mention: old distros sometimes
prevent the use of new packages. At the same time, I am perplexed and
frustrated when people insist on simultaneously using some obsolete
base OS and the newest version of enduser software like Octave
Yes, I have the same reaction.
People who want to do this are expecting a package like Octave to be
absolutely up to date while also either requiring it to build on and
work around problems in an old OS or ship in binary form with updated
packages that can also run on the old OS. This approach pushes the
massive task of tracking updates for, building, and packaging all
dependencies from Octave down to libc. This is obviously no easy task.
My best attempt is what became the "native" build option for mxe-octave
and in the end it was a tremendous amount of effort and it doesn't work
particularly well.
Other options like flatpak seem promising, but then if your old OS is
old enough, flatpak isn't supported. And, whether the solution is
docker, flatpak, or a VM, it all seems to me to come down to some
solution to run what is essentially an updated set of packages or
updated OS inside a VM/container/whatever on your obsolete OS? All for
what? To avoid updating the OS?
jwe
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