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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: running 4.1.3-compiled binaries under 4.1.1
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 03:57:52 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
- Lines: 24
- Message-ID: <1htr40INNeoa@early-bird.think.com>
- References: <1992Dec31.011848.1471@allegra.att.com>
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- In article <1992Dec31.011848.1471@allegra.att.com> mp@allegra.att.com (Mark Plotnick) writes:
- >Is there something that can be done to allow programs compiled on 4.1.3
- >systems, using the bundled c compiler, to run on 4.1.1 systems?
-
- I suggest you do all your compiles on one of the 4.1.1 systems, then you
- won't have this problem. But if you insist on living dangerously....
-
- >Preferably, this should be done without requiring the users to take any
- >special actions such as changing search paths or environment
- >variables. Also, users should still be able to compile and run
- >programs on the (modified) 4.1.1 systems. Presumably the newer
- >lib*.s[ao]*'s need to be copied over; anything else?
-
- Rather than copying the new shared libraries over, I suggest you just make
- links to the old libraries with the names of the new ones. The newer
- libraries may expect some differences in system call interfaces that the
- old kernel doesn't provide. The links will suppress the warning messages
- about old library versions.
-
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- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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