"Dr. Michael Wittmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> one solution could be to install a more recent compiler version and try
> to recompile again. be aware that actual rpm's will be created by rpm
> version 4, whereas redhat 6.2 has rpm version 3 installed which possibly
> cannot handle version-4-rpm's 

Everyone on RHL 6.2 should be running rpm v4 - if not, they are
extremely likely to have plenty of unpatched security holes.

> besides that, there may be glibc issues. redhat 6.2 has glibc 2.1.3
> installed. i don't know if actual gcc or mysql versions work ok if
> compiled against this 'old' glibc. afaik, redhat does _not_ recommend to
> update the glibc version installed...

I would definitely recommend against a major upgrade, e.g. to
2.2. Sizes and interfaces change, so that while old binaries will
continue working, anything compiled afterwards will get in a world of
pain.

-- 
Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.

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