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! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/