David Mathog wrote: > >> Brian Elliott Finley wrote: >>> >>> On 7/27/07, *David Mathog* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >> [snip] >> >>> There really isn't anything wrong with the current boel, but in >>> order to avoid biting more and more users, which will happen >>> as they upgrade to newer linux distros, it might be a good idea >>> if the next version of boel used the newer gcc/ld libraries, so >>> that it could load the newer binaries. >> AFAIU it should be sufficient to build systemimager packages in a newer >> distro... or not? In this case I can try to build the new packages with my >> kubuntu 7.04 ASAP. > > The key change seems to be gcc 4.1.2 (new method) versus gcc 4.1.1 > (old method). I first saw this with an "older" distro with a > vanilla 2.6.19.3 kernel and gcc 4.1.1 versus a "newer" distro > with Mandriva's 2.6.17-14mdv kernel and gcc 4.1.2. binutils is > also involved, since it supplies "/usr/bin/ld", which is where the > incompatibility manifests. On Mandriva 2007.1 the packages are: > > binutils-2.17.50.0.9-1mdv2007.1 > gcc-4.1.2-1mdv2007.1 > > so look for a distro with version numbers on these packages that are > at least that high. The simplest way to test this is just to compile > "hello world" like > > gcc -o hello hello.c #no extra flags > > on the new system and try to run the binary on an older system (or in > the existing BOEL).
The packages of the new version 3.8.2 (stable) have been compiled on a host with gcc 4.1.2 and binutils 2.17.20070103cvs-0ubuntu2. It would be great if you (or someone) could test if this problem has beed fixed. Thanks, -Andrea ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ sisuite-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel
