Jacques Greindl <jgreindl@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The older system is an embedded one --> no compiler on it (run on 2mb > flash mem). > I build this one a few years ago with an old linux desktop. And I > don't have it anymore. But I have to make an upgrade for the embedded > system... You could recreate the old GNU/Linux system. Old GNU/Linux distros are easy to find on the web. > So I have to : > 1- find the glibc version of my embedded system > 2- install this version on my actual system without erasing my actual one (how?) > 3- compile my sources with gcc and a parameter to specify this version (how?) Building glibc is nontrivial. But the basic idea is to build and install glibc with a specific --prefix option, and use that directory as a --with-sysroot option when building GNU binutils and gcc. Ian
