Re: running library built in gcc 3.4 on another linux box with gcc 2.96

[Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>]

Tim Prince wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
> > Yi Pan wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to run libraries that are built by gcc 3.4 on another linux
> > > box which only has 2.96.
> > >
> > > Could you please let me know how to check which gcc3.4 libraries I
> > > need, so I can copy these gcc3.4 libraries to the gcc 2.96 linux box?
> > Use the command 'ldd'.
> >
> > > OR it there a better way to do this?
> > >
> > > The reason is because our client doesn't what to install the whole gcc
> > > 3.4 on their box--so I'm trying a find a way that we can deliver our
> > > library with a few gcc library files to them and they can run our
> > > libraries right away.
> > It would make much more sense simply to rebuild on the older gcc version.
>
> Maybe with static link?

Maybe, but that's ridden with so many problems that we really shouldn't
advise non-experts to do it.  It's safer to package the libraries with
the executable.

Andrew.