Hi Ian, Thanks for your answer. Any other things I need to have before being able to successfully build glibc? Kind Regards, Reinoud. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Lance Taylor [mailto:iant@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 10:47 PM To: Koornstra, Reinoud Cc: gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: which glibc to use "Koornstra, Reinoud" <koornstra@xxxxxx> writes: > I like to use gcc 4.1.2 as compiler version. > Which glibc version can I use with this one? > Glibc 2.9 give me this error: > > checking for -z relro option... no > configure: error: linker with -z relro support required > > I guess this option is present in a later version of gcc? > Any hints here? The linker is not part of gcc. It is part of the GNU binutils. You need to use a version of the GNU binutils new enough to support -z relro. I think GNU binutils 2.16 or later should work. Ian
