[ale] glibc compatibility problem

Dow Hurst dhurst at kennesaw.edu
Tue Jun 15 13:21:01 EDT 2004


Okay, I've checked and I do have the compat libs installed for older apps. 
The libc.so.6 on SuSE 9.1 does provide GLIBC_2.0 but the modelling program 
doesn't seem to find it.  So, I am dumping 9.1 and going back to 9.0.
Dow


Dow Hurst wrote:
> Are there compatibility libraries that might help me out or a way to 
> keep the 2.6 kernel but have an older glibc?
> Dow
> 
> 
> Dow Hurst wrote:
> 
>> But it *does* require access to the source code to do it, correct?  
>> And, help from those who have access?  This is the modelling package 
>> from Schrodinger and they probably would prefer we buy the latest 
>> version as an upgrade to even bother with helping in a situation like 
>> this.  I guess I'll need to reload with SuSE 9.0 instead of 9.1.  The 
>> new 2.6 kernel series that doesn't require mounting of removeable 
>> media is so nice for users.  I really wanted to have it.  But, no 
>> matter, I can reload quickly.
>> Dow
>>
>>
>> Bob Toxen wrote:
>>
>>> Dow,
>>>
>>> It does sound like rebuilding or at least re-linking under 2.6 would 
>>> solve
>>> this problem.  An alternative would be static linking.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:58:41PM -0400, Dow Hurst wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an application that is refusing to run under the 2.6 kernel 
>>>> with this error:
>>>>
>>>> /usr/local/schrodinger/maestro-v51020/bin/Linux-x86/maestro: 
>>>> relocation error: 
>>>> /usr/local/schrodinger/maestro-v51020/bin/Linux-x86/maestro: symbol 
>>>> errno, version GLIBC_2.0 not defined in file libc.so.6 with link 
>>>> time reference
>>>> Maestro: Could not load shared library
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way around this or do I need a new binary compiled under 
>>>> libc 2.3.3?  Running SuSE 9.1 with 2.6.4-54.5-smp.  Thanks,
>>>> Dow
>>>>
>>>>
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