gcc-3.0 compiling problem on linux with older libc

[schaecsn]

Hi

> > I have an intel linux box with kernel 2.4.5 and libc-5.4.46.
> 
> Gee!  I'd never seen this combination,

Well, I have also bootable versions of 2.2.18, 2.0.39 and even 1.2.13
;-) on my box.

As I pointed out in my last email this seems to be not a problem of the
combination (kernel-<some-version>, libc-5) but solely a problem of
libc-5. 

Does it bother the GCC developers that they lost now libc-5 support?



> and I'm sure you're going to
> run into all sorts of problems, given how unusual it is.  I heard
> linux 2.4 in general works best with glibc 2.2; libc-5 is far older
> than that.  

I don't have any problems with libc-5, even _all_ threaded programs I
tried so far like xmms do work smoothly. Most software on my box ist
probably more up to date as redhat-7.1 ;-)


> Would you consider a libc upgrade?

No, even if this seems to imply right now that I'am stuck with
gcc-2.95.3 forever ;-(


- Stefan

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