[llvm-dev] The clang for centos6 are need GLIBC_2.14, but we only have GLIB 2.12 by default.

[罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo) via llvm-dev]

Well, is that possible to include  libstdc++4.7 into llvm?

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 2:26 AM, Brian Cain <brian.cain at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry if I was unclear, I have no problems building clang against a newer
> gcc for my own purpose.  But it doesn't make sense to provide a release
> binary for clang that's hosted on llvm.org that's ostensibly for
> "centos6" when it would really be bound to "centos6 plus the SCLO mirror
> which has the dependency for a newer libstdc++".
>
> The glibc 2.14 dependency is a result of the binary being built on a
> platform new enough to have libstdc++4.7 or newer.  You could eliminate it
> if you could find a CentOS release that has libstdc++4.7 and glibc2.12. But
> ultimately you're still stuck with a runtime dependency on libstdc++ shared
> objects that expect newer GLIBCXX_* symbols.
>
> The newer gcc release is only needed at build-time.  Its byproduct/side
> effect of bringing with it a newer libstdc++ is what creates a runtime
> dependency.
>
> It's my position that a CentOS 6.0-6.x release binary for clang newer than
> 3.4.2 is not possible unless CentOS team backports libstdc++4.7 release to
> that CentOS release.  I'd be happy to learn I'm wrong about that claim BTW.
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:13 PM, 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo) <luoyonggang at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hell, Brian, I found a way to install Gcc 5.3 on CentOS 6 without the
>> need to building it from source. You may try it on CentOS 6.0
>> That's makes clang/llvm won't depends on the newer version of glibc 2.14
>> The instruction:
>>
>> vim /etc/yum.repos.d/llvm.repo
>>
>> The content:
>> ```
>> [sclo]
>> name=SCLO
>> baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/sclo/x86_64/rh/
>> gpgcheck=0
>> enabled=1
>> ```
>> Installation step:
>> ```
>> yum clean all
>> yum list
>> echo y | yum install devtoolset-4
>> ```
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Brian Cain <brian.cain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 11:50 AM, 罗勇刚(Yonggang Luo) <
>>> luoyonggang at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So CentOS before 6.7 is not an option after all?
>>>> Is that possible to use clang on CentOS 6.6 and before?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Not with these binaries, unless you can update your libc/libstdc++.  In
>>> the general sense -- yes, it's possible if you build from source.  There's
>>> a couple of potential approaches: build against libc++, build against newer
>>> libstdc++.  If you're more adventurous you could also try building with
>>> ellcc.  That one requires patches but will yield a statically linked binary.
>>>
>>> I built clang trunk/tip a few weeks ago on CentOS 6.0.  But I first
>>> built the gcc6 suite, then used it to build clang.  I believe clang 3.4.2
>>> is the latest version that supports the older libstdc++.  I ran into
>>> challenges with using clang so I stuck with gcc6.  The resulting binaries
>>> depend on the gcc6 libraries so I can't really use this procedure to make a
>>> new official release for centos.  If it's helpful I can publish the steps I
>>> used, but really just followed the build instructions.
>>>
>>> -Brian
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>          此致
>> 礼
>> 罗勇刚
>> Yours
>>     sincerely,
>> Yonggang Luo
>>
>
>
>
> --
> -Brian
>



-- 
         此致
礼
罗勇刚
Yours
    sincerely,
Yonggang Luo
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