experimental developments with glibc

[Metuki Sabhe]

On 7/11/07, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 04:59:03PM +0300, Metuki Sabhe wrote:
> > I tried to install the new glibc in my home folder, but 'make install'
> > immediately failed because it couldn't find
> > ~/glibc-2.5-install/etc/ld.so.conf...
>
> That is not an error.  By the time it is displayed, glibc has been
> installed.

I haven't realized that. thank you.

> > And how do I make gcc use my new glibc ? Must I rebuild gcc ?
>
> Please read the documentation of the LD -dynamic-linker and -rpath
> options.

If I want to begin testing only static linkage then I can only use -rpath
and I will be using the second glibc installation for the application
I test with ?

thank you
metuki
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