[cfe-dev] -O2 requires GLIBCXX_3.4.9?
Nikos Chantziaras
realnc at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 04:03:05 PDT 2012
On 13/09/12 11:48, Mohamed Bana wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Why does compiling with -O2 force the resulting binary to require GLIBCXX_3.4.9?
>
> I need to run my binaries on this machine and when I compile with -O0 it seems
> to work fine.
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux itrsrh.ldn.itrs 2.6.18-238.9.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 12 18:10:56 EDT 2011
> i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> $ lsb_release -a
> LSB Version: :core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-ia32:graphics-4.0-
> noarch:printing-4.0-ia32:printing-4.0-noarch
> Distributor ID: CentOS
> Description: CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
> Release: 5.6
> Codename: Final
Because -O2 enables certain compiler options that require a certain
glibc version.
glibc is generally not backwards compatible. You cannot build on a new
version and have a guarantee that it runs on older ones. If you want
that, you should build against an older glibc.
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