Re: Using new gcc/glibc on an older system

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Hi!

> this might be a FAQ but I didn't find anything yet, so:
> 
> On an older system it is rather trivial to install latest
> binutils/gcc/gdb and then use them during development: just configure
> them with --prefix=/some/path and add /some/path/bin in front of your
> PATH (with GCC I'm also using LD_LIBRARY_PATH pointing to .o
> files/libgcc.so). All those seem to work. However, when glibc comes
> into play, nothing seems to be trivial anymore. There are two things
> I'd like to do:
> 
> 1) compile programs against a new glibc and then run those binaries
> that require the new libc.
> 
> 2) run any given existing program against the new glibc seems hairy:

It turned out that I was using a bad snapshot, latest CVS versions
works  in both cases when running old or new programs with the new
ld-linux.so.2 --library-path ... 

Cheers!




 
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