libgcc_s.so.1 exception handling behaviour depending on glibc version

[Marcin Dalecki]

On 2005-05-18, at 14:36, Mike Hearn wrote:

> On Wed, 18 May 2005 11:35:30 +0200, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
>
>> If I build main with C1, and libf.so with C2, and execute the  
>> program so
>> that it uses C2's libgcc_s.so.1, it works.
>>
>
> Out of interest, what happens if you build main with C2 and libf  
> with C1?
> That would seem to be a more common situation for distributors of  
> Linux
> binaries than the other way around.
>
> This policy of not supporting "build on newer, run on older" is a  
> massive
> pain for developers who distribute Linux binaries even though it's  
> very
> common: developers often use very new distributions but users often  
> don't.
> It requires all kinds of stupid hacks to work around.

Like building on the system you are targeting?
Like cross building for the target system?