dynamic library version crashes but static version works

[James E Wilson]

Ted Sung wrote:
>> I build a dynamic library with gcc 3.2 (glibc 2.3.2-4.80.8) running 
>> Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7).
>> I copy this library over to another machine running Red Hat Enterprise 
>> Linux ES release 3 (Taroon)
>> My program crashes in a very strange place in my library code.  

This is almost certainly not a gcc problem.  There probably isn't much 
we can do to help, without duplicating your situation, and it wouldn't 
be worthwhile for us to try.

In general, you shouldn't expect any portability of compiled libraries 
between two different linux systems.  RHL8 and RHES3 are rather 
different linux systems, even though they have similar gcc/glibc 
versions, and you should not expect compiled libraries to be portable 
between them.  Generally, statically linked code can be moved between 
similar linux systems though, as you have already found.
-- 
Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com