Wow, definitely! In my opinion, you don't even need to ask! This is gold! On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 5:03 PM Fred van Stappen <fi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Recently the Linux-glibc team has release a new version of libc.so.6. > And some distros have integrated it. > > But when you compile your application, at linking, the new table of signed > symbols of that new libc.so.6 will be assigned. > It has as result that the application will run only on systems with that > minimum libc.so.6 version and not on distros with previous version of > libc.so.6. > > The most "Catholic" option to fix this is to install a VM old distro with > all needed for fpc and compile your application on that old distro and > share that binary. > Not very "out-of-the-box". > > Fortunately, Robert Rosee found a solution that dont need to tweak > fpc-complier source and not install a VM. > > https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,58888.msg483626.html#msg483626 > > With msegui it is even better if we change some things in msegui source. > With those changes, a msegui application compiled on any system with > libc.so older or newer will make your binary works: > > - on Linux 32 from 1994-05-16 till libc.so die. > - on Linux 64 from 2002-01-20 till libc.so die. > > (For X11 library, first version X11R6 (still used) date from 1994-05-16 > till forever (X11 will always survive), so no problems there) > > To enable this, you will need to only add this parameter for compilation > "-dglibc225". > The fake libdl.so will be created by a patch using "Command before > compiling" and removed using "Command after compiling" in project option. > > I did test it and it works on old distro more than 20 years ago! > > What do you think, do you agree if I commit the change? (note that if you > dont use "-dglibc225" nor the fake libdl.so, it will remain like it is now). > > Fre;D > _______________________________________________ > mseide-msegui-talk mailing list > mseide-msegui-talk@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk > -- Vasi
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