libgcc_s, Linux, and PT_GNU_EH_FRAME, and binutils

[Martin v. Loewis]

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com> writes:

> I agree with both of these statements, but as I undertstand it that's
> not the whole issue.  Jakub included a glibc version in his list of
> necessary infrastructure to get ABI compliance, and upgrading glibc on
> a running system is very different from upgrading the compiler and
> linker.  Requiring glibc 2.2.5 to build a native compiler is not OK.
> 
> How necessary it is I don't remember at the moment.

C++ binaries built for glibc 2.2.5 or later won't execute on a system
with glibc 2.2.4 or earlier.

Regards,
Martin