Re: relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

2007-06-25 Thread Tim Prince
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi For example i hear that native posix threads has portions of it implemented in kernel and also requires glibc support. In such cases if i attempt to run an application compiled with gcc-4 on a linux-2.4 kernel, wont there be problems?? With changes in binutils, would

Re: relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

2007-06-25 Thread ganesh subramonian
Hi For example i hear that native posix threads has portions of it implemented in kernel and also requires glibc support. In such cases if i attempt to run an application compiled with gcc-4 on a linux-2.4 kernel, wont there be problems?? With changes in binutils, would there be changes in the ba

Re: relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

2007-06-24 Thread Tim Prince
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How closely tied are the linux kernel version and the gcc/glibc versions? and where exactly does binutils come in? Not at all closely, although versions from different years are unlikely to be well tested together. For eg: can i run a system with linux-2.4.20 kernel

Re: relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

2007-06-24 Thread Mike Stump
On Jun 24, 2007, at 9:32 PM, ganesh subramonian wrote: I have a very basic doubt regarding gcc,binutils and kernel. How closely tied are the linux kernel version and the gcc/glibc versions? Versions of gcc are never (much) dependent on kernel versions. They are rarely dependent on glibc ve

relation between gcc/glibc version and linux kernel version??

2007-06-24 Thread ganesh subramonian
Hi I have a very basic doubt regarding gcc,binutils and kernel. How closely tied are the linux kernel version and the gcc/glibc versions? and where exactly does binutils come in? What kind of changes usually require that version x of kernel requires version y of binutils and gcc-z. And is there