[Peeweelinux] Glibc linked binary

[Ashley Rolleston]

Is glibc2.2 not backward compatible with glibc2.1? I thought that a program
compiled against 2.1 would still work using 2.2 glibc libraries? This would
mean I wouldn't have to replace every binary in the system.

I had this impression because of :-

"Since glibc-2.1.95, glibc is reliable enough and binary compatible with
glibc-2.1"
http://www.haible.de/bruno/glibc22snapshot-HOWTO.html

I have spent months on this system so the idea of starting afresh is pretty
scary! I have already updated the kernel and various other bits of the old
peewee system.

Ashley Rolleston
Software Engineer
ashley AT smartsw DOT co DOT uk

> > The only option I can see then is upgrading the glibc to a 2.2.x
version. Not quite sure where to start going about this, it's quite a major
job!
>
> Were *I* going to undertake the task, my method would be to take a
> recent distro (RH9? FC2?) and basically start over. It seems rather
> fruitless to waste time recompiling ever PWL app against a newer glibc,
> when you could just extract all the binaries from RPMs that are already
> done.
>
> In essance, just replacing all binary bits of the RH62 PWL with RH9
> (sic) bits, and run with it. You'd get a nice 2.4 kernel along the way
> as well. ;)
>
> -te
>
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