On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 12:41, John Reiser <jrei...@bitwagon.com> wrote:
> Executable program files built by gcc+glibc on Fedora 14 contain a PT_NOTE
> which says "for GNU/Linux 2.6.32". (For example, see "file /bin/date";
> the presence of a NOTE is indicated by "readelf --segments /bin/date",
> but readelf does not display the contents.) What does the PT_NOTE mean;
> what program cares about this value?
>
> The /bin/date of Fedora 14 does run on Fedora 11 which is only Linux 2.6.30.
> So there is no harm in this case, despite "not meeting the requirement." Why?
> If the requirement really is something less than Linux 2.6.32,
> then why not note the minimum kernel version that is required?
> How far back on previous Fedora releases can the /bin/date (and/or anything
> else built by gcc+glibc on Fedora 14) run successfully? What does this mean
> for builders who want to build on Fedora 14 and distribute the binary
> executable program files to run on other systems?
Here is a limited matrix for what glibc was with which kernel. Stuff
compiled with 14/Rawhide looks like it is compiled with upcoming
2.13...
I would think that items compiled in 12 and 13 would work well
together but 14 items on 12/13 may have issues. Items before 12 even
more so.
Fedora OS Version Release Name Date of Release # of .src.rpms
kernel glibc gcc X
01 Yarrow 2003-11-05 876 2.4.22-nptl 2.3.2 3.3.2 XFree86
4.3.0
02 Tettnang 2004-05-18 946 2.6.5 (2.6.10) 2.3.3 3.3.3
x.org 6.7.0
03 Heidelberg 2004-11-08 2079 2.6.9 (2.6.12) 2.3.3 (2.3.4)
3.4.2
(3.4.4) 6.8.1 (6.8.2)
04 Stentz 2005-06-13 2753 2.6.11 (2.6.17) 2.3.5 (2.3.6)
4.0.0
(4.0.2) 6.8.2
05 Bordeaux 2006-03-20 3137 2.6.15 (2.6.20) 2.4
4.1.0 (4.1.1)
server 1.0.1
06 Zod 2006-10-24 3681 2.6.18 (2.6.22.14) 2.5 4.1.1
(4.1.2) 1.1.1
07 Moonshine 2007-05-31 5189 2.6.21 (2.6.23.17) 2.6
4.1.2 1.3.0.0
08 Werewolf 2007-11-08 6042 2.6.23.1 (2.6.26.8) 2.7
4.1.2 1.3.0.0
09 Sulphur 2008-05-13 7085 2.6.25 (2.6.27.25) 2.8
4.3.0
1.4.99.901 (1.5.2)
10 Cambridge 2008-11-25 8103 2.6.27.5 (2.6.27.41) 2.9
4.3.2 1.5.3
11 Leonidas 2009-06-09 8935 2.6.29.4 (2.6.30.10) 2.10.1
(2.10.2)
4.4.0 (4.4.1) 1.6.1.901 (1.6.4)
12 Constantine 2009-11-17 9428 2.6.31.5 (2.6.32.21) 2.11
(2.11.2)
4.4.2 (4.4.4) 1.7.1 (1.7.6)
13 Goddard 2010-05-25 9555 2.6.33.3 (2.6.34.6) 2.12
4.4.4 1.8.0 (1.8.2)
14 Laughlin (2010-09-14) 9644 2.6.35.4 2.12.90
4.5.1 1.8.99.905 ()
Rawhide Rawhide (2010-09-14) 9701 2.6.36 2.12.90
4.5.1 7.6
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