Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-02 Thread Vnpenguin
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 09:20, Peter Münster wrote: > On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Vnpenguin wrote: > >> > a) (dangerous; I would not do it) install a more recent version of >> > libc on your machine >> >> It's NOT possible. > > Hello Vnpenguin, > > Why not? > In our production environment, only RHEL & Ce

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-02 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Vnpenguin wrote: > > xetex > xetex: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.9' not found > (required by xetex) Hello, Here, I don't know how to help. I've these packages on my system: libstdc++33-3.3.3 libstdc++33-devel-3.3.3 libstdc++41-devel-4.1.3_20080612 libstdc

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-02 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Vnpenguin wrote: > > a) (dangerous; I would not do it) install a more recent version of > > libc on your machine > > It's NOT possible. Hello Vnpenguin, Why not? > > b) we need to set up some virtual machine with an old linux and > > compile binaries there or find someone

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, Nov 01 2009, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > > > >> pdftex > > pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) > > > > Any help for this problem ? > > This is weird. Peter - did you upgrade your linux in the meantime by > any chance? (The update dates back to 17th Octo

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Reinhard Kotucha
On 1 November 2009 Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Vnpenguin, what kernel is running on your OS? > > If we set up a virtual machine for compiling binaries - does anyone > have a suggesting what OS to take, so that it will remain compatible > with as many x86_64 processors as possible? (Apparently gl

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 21:45, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > Vnpenguin, what kernel is running on your OS? The current kernel is: > uname -r 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5 > If we set up a virtual machine for compiling binaries - does anyone > have a suggesting what OS to take, so that it will remain compatible

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
Vnpenguin, what kernel is running on your OS? If we set up a virtual machine for compiling binaries - does anyone have a suggesting what OS to take, so that it will remain compatible with as many x86_64 processors as possible? (Apparently glibc and kerner are the deciding factors; but it needs to

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 21:33, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2009/11/1 Vnpenguin : >> Correction: CentOS 5.4 was released on 21-Oct-2009. So it's not so >> "old" at all :-) > > Sorry, but it is. It's a free version of RHEL5, which was initially > released in 2007. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centos >

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Vnpenguin : > Correction: CentOS 5.4 was released on 21-Oct-2009. So it's not so > "old" at all :-) Sorry, but it is. It's a free version of RHEL5, which was initially released in 2007. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centos It you want something modern, use e.g. Fedora. Best Martin __

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 21:10, Vnpenguin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:59, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > >> Apparently it means that CentOS uses something like a >> several-years-span-back-in-time libc library and you cannot do much >> about it. That's no problem in general since you would not take a

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
> > Hey, CentOS 5.4 just released on 21-May-2009 :-) If I have problem > with ConTeXt on CentOS 5.4 so all users of RHEL 5.4 are the same: they > can not! > Correction: CentOS 5.4 was released on 21-Oct-2009. So it's not so "old" at all :-) _

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:59, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:24, Vnpenguin wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:50, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >>> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:24, Vnpenguin wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:50, Mojca Miklavec wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: >>> >>> pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) >>> >>> glibc.i686                                            

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:30, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2009/11/1 Vnpenguin : >> My box CentOS 5.4 with all updates. What do you mean "upgrade" ? > > What glibc-version do you have? rpm -qi glibc? # yum list installed glibc\* Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Installed Packages g

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Mojca Miklavec : > Or maybe I was too fast. I don't find the exact timeline of libc > development, so I have no idea how old your linux is. I thought that > this failure was recent, but apparently it's not (the garden most > probably has libc-2.8). For 32-bit linux we try to be *very* bac

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Vnpenguin : > My box CentOS 5.4 with all updates. What do you mean "upgrade" ? What glibc-version do you have? rpm -qi glibc? Best Martin ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Hans Hagen : > Martin Schröder wrote: >> No, they are simply build on old systems. Ask Peter. :-) > > ah, so they're static binaries Mostly. glibc is not statically linked. > ldd Master/bin/x86_64-linux/pdftex libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x2b1771708000) libc.so.6

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:50, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: >> >> pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) >> >> glibc.i686                                               2.5-42 >> >> Any help for this problem ? > > Yes, t

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Hans Hagen
Martin Schröder wrote: 2009/11/1 Hans Hagen : Martin Schröder wrote: Indeed. Btw: The binaries from TL run on SUSE 10.1 (which has glibc 2.4). ah, so maybe you can learn mojca a few tricks then; does this mean that tex live binaries have some built in magic that checks for libs? No, they are

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:48, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > I forgot to ask: does only pdftex cause problems or also metapost, > luatex, xetex? It might help to know which of these programs still > work. > > mpost mpost: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by mpost) > luatex Thi

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Hans Hagen : > Martin Schröder wrote: >> Indeed. Btw: The binaries from TL run on SUSE 10.1 (which has glibc >> 2.4). > > ah, so maybe you can learn mojca a few tricks then; does this mean that tex > live binaries have some built in magic that checks for libs? No, they are simply build o

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Mojca Miklavec : > I'm sweating ... trying to download Sarge DVD on this extra-slow > connection. And then you remind me that I have a big cartoon box of > original SuSE 7.2 right below my desk. (Maybe I should start > considering throwing away a few things like this one, though it seems

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 19:03, Martin Schröder wrote: > 2009/11/1 Mojca Miklavec: >> Yes, the easy answer would be "upgrade your linux", but we probably >> want the binaries to run on slightly older machines as well. > > Indeed. Btw: The binaries from TL run on SUSE 10.1 (which has glibc > 2.4). I'

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Hans Hagen
Martin Schröder wrote: 2009/11/1 Mojca Miklavec : Yes, the easy answer would be "upgrade your linux", but we probably want the binaries to run on slightly older machines as well. Indeed. Btw: The binaries from TL run on SUSE 10.1 (which has glibc 2.4). ah, so maybe you can learn mojca a few

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:47, Mojca Miklavec wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: >> Hi, >> Just installed minimal on CentOS x86_64. The installation is ok, but >> when I try pdftex, there is error: >> >>> pdftex >> pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (require

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Martin Schröder
2009/11/1 Mojca Miklavec : > Yes, the easy answer would be "upgrade your linux", but we probably > want the binaries to run on slightly older machines as well. Indeed. Btw: The binaries from TL run on SUSE 10.1 (which has glibc 2.4). Best Martin

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: > > pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) > > glibc.i686                                               2.5-42 > > Any help for this problem ? Yes, the easy answer would be "upgrade your linux", but we probably wa

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
I forgot to ask: does only pdftex cause problems or also metapost, luatex, xetex? It might help to know which of these programs still work. Mojca ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an ent

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 18:00, Vnpenguin wrote: > Hi, > Just installed minimal on CentOS x86_64. The installation is ok, but > when I try pdftex, there is error: > >> pdftex > pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) > > Any help for this problem ? This is weird.

[NTG-context] ConTeXt Minimal: error pdftex on CentOS x86_64

2009-11-01 Thread Vnpenguin
Hi, Just installed minimal on CentOS x86_64. The installation is ok, but when I try pdftex, there is error: > pdftex pdftex: /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.7' not found (required by pdftex) > yum list installed glibc* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Excluding Packages in global excl