On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:41, John Reiser <jreiser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Executable program files built by gcc+glibc on Fedora 14 contain a PT_NOTE > which says "for GNU/Linux 2.6.32". (For example, see "file /bin/date"; > the presence of a NOTE is indicated by "readelf --segments /bin/date", > but readelf does not display the contents.) What does the PT_NOTE mean; > what program cares about this value? > > The /bin/date of Fedora 14 does run on Fedora 11 which is only Linux 2.6.30. > So there is no harm in this case, despite "not meeting the requirement." Why? > If the requirement really is something less than Linux 2.6.32, > then why not note the minimum kernel version that is required? > How far back on previous Fedora releases can the /bin/date (and/or anything > else built by gcc+glibc on Fedora 14) run successfully? What does this mean > for builders who want to build on Fedora 14 and distribute the binary > executable program files to run on other systems? Here is a limited matrix for what glibc was with which kernel. Stuff compiled with 14/Rawhide looks like it is compiled with upcoming 2.13... I would think that items compiled in 12 and 13 would work well together but 14 items on 12/13 may have issues. Items before 12 even more so. Fedora OS Version Release Name Date of Release # of .src.rpms kernel glibc gcc X 01 Yarrow 2003-11-05 876 2.4.22-nptl 2.3.2 3.3.2 XFree86 4.3.0 02 Tettnang 2004-05-18 946 2.6.5 (2.6.10) 2.3.3 3.3.3 x.org 6.7.0 03 Heidelberg 2004-11-08 2079 2.6.9 (2.6.12) 2.3.3 (2.3.4) 3.4.2 (3.4.4) 6.8.1 (6.8.2) 04 Stentz 2005-06-13 2753 2.6.11 (2.6.17) 2.3.5 (2.3.6) 4.0.0 (4.0.2) 6.8.2 05 Bordeaux 2006-03-20 3137 2.6.15 (2.6.20) 2.4 4.1.0 (4.1.1) server 1.0.1 06 Zod 2006-10-24 3681 2.6.18 (2.6.22.14) 2.5 4.1.1 (4.1.2) 1.1.1 07 Moonshine 2007-05-31 5189 2.6.21 (2.6.23.17) 2.6 4.1.2 1.3.0.0 08 Werewolf 2007-11-08 6042 2.6.23.1 (2.6.26.8) 2.7 4.1.2 1.3.0.0 09 Sulphur 2008-05-13 7085 2.6.25 (2.6.27.25) 2.8 4.3.0 1.4.99.901 (1.5.2) 10 Cambridge 2008-11-25 8103 2.6.27.5 (2.6.27.41) 2.9 4.3.2 1.5.3 11 Leonidas 2009-06-09 8935 2.6.29.4 (2.6.30.10) 2.10.1 (2.10.2) 4.4.0 (4.4.1) 1.6.1.901 (1.6.4) 12 Constantine 2009-11-17 9428 2.6.31.5 (2.6.32.21) 2.11 (2.11.2) 4.4.2 (4.4.4) 1.7.1 (1.7.6) 13 Goddard 2010-05-25 9555 2.6.33.3 (2.6.34.6) 2.12 4.4.4 1.8.0 (1.8.2) 14 Laughlin (2010-09-14) 9644 2.6.35.4 2.12.90 4.5.1 1.8.99.905 () Rawhide Rawhide (2010-09-14) 9701 2.6.36 2.12.90 4.5.1 7.6 -- Stephen J Smoogen. “The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.” Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "We have a strategic plan. It's called doing things."" — Herb Kelleher, founder Southwest Airlines -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
