Re: glibc 2.2 vs 2.3 issue back again

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Denes Molnar <molnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The glibc 2.2 vs 2.3 problem came back to haunt me - and this time
> there is no way to compile from source because the package in
> question, Mathematica 5.2, has only a glibc-2.3 version for Linux.

All your workarounds seem a lot of effort to a problem with a simple
solution:

Why can't you just upgrade glibc (or your distribution)?

Alternatively, install a more up-to-date system in a chroot.

> i) could the program or the Fedora libraries require 2.6 kernels?
> Because I am running 2.4.26. The strace output for starting
> mathematica on Fedora gives quite different system calls. For example
> set_thread(...), which does not show up at all on my linux
> 2.4.26. Google does bring up pages about libc 2.3 + kernel 2.4
> systems, so libc 2.3 alone should not require a kernel change but I
> wonder whether the libraries I copied could have some kernel
> dependence.

Well, Linux 2.6 + a recent glibc use NPTL threads, whereas 2.4 will
only work with LinuxThreads (google will give you all the detail).
This shouldn't usually make a difference for an application, though,
since the glibc ABI didn't change, AFAICT.


Regards,
Roger

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