----- Messaggio originale ----- > Da: Alyssa Milburn <amilb...@math.leidenuniv.nl> > A: Gianfranco Costamagna <costamagnagianfra...@yahoo.it> > Cc: Bernd Machenschalk <bernd.machensch...@aei.mpg.de>; > "boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu" <boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu> > Inviato: Lunedì 8 Luglio 2013 12:39 > Oggetto: Re: [boinc_dev] boinc libstdc++ linking > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 11:31:31AM +0100, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: >> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc >> the target is libc>=2.15, nothing old at all. >> >> Could anybody please point me an *actual* unix distro without libstc++ > installed by default? > > I would have assumed that you need *some* libstdc++ to run the BOINC > client at all. But often an old one. > > Maybe RHEL5 is a good example? It's still supported, it uses libc 2.5, > and only supports libstdc++ up to 3.4.8. > >> This is something that happens when you run a 10 years old distro, at some > point somebody will say you "this new version might not build anymore on > your old pc, patch it yourself or upgrade your pc" >> >> (I don't want to be rude, but I really don't like this kind of > workarounds!) > > Sure, but then as a BOINC project, you lose a lot of users, who don't > want to upgrade their machines, and will choose a project which ships > applications which work for them.. > Ok Alyssa I understand your point, so something like if don't have any libstdc++ at all then link it statically else link dinamically
could be good enough? I think I can change the makefile for this, I just don't know how to check for libstc++ in the makefile itself (changing in the configure could be not trivial) > - Alyssa G. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list boinc_dev@ssl.berkeley.edu http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
