On 7/31/2015 3:17 PM, David Kang wrote: > I am building gcc as a cross compiler. > I'm building it on Ubuntu 14.04, but I want to use the gcc binaries on older CentOS machines. > So, far gcc complains that it cannot find proper glibc on the older CentOS machines. > > gcc: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not found (required by /tmp/gcc) > gcc: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by /tmp/gcc) > gcc: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.11' not found (required by /tmp/gcc) > > Is there a way to build gcc itself such that gcc doesn't need dynamic library for maximum portability? > You may widen the range of supported dynamic glibc by building against the oldest one you wish to support (within reason). I wouldn't like to try supporting both CentOS and Ubuntu with the same binary, given that the latter uses varying non-LSB schemes for managing 32- and 64-bit applications. -- Tim Prince
