Re: iptables 1.2.8 libc6 question

[Daniel Chemko <dchemko@smgtec.com>]

Emanoil Kotsev wrote:

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>ThanX Daniel,
>unfortunately you are not telling me anything new.
>My question is how could I point iptables to the other libc.
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>Few things are going trough my mind:
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>1) exporting and mounting trough nfs on the compile-machine and then pointing 
>the compiler to the directory mounted.
>Question: after I install iptables where is it going to look for the 
>libraries?? I don't think it will find the proper path
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Libc == dynamic so ld.so.conf will show you the way.

>2) copying the libraries for ex. in /usr/local/lib
>Question: On target machine the libs are in /lib ??? would iptables find them 
>under /usr/local/lib (it is in ld.so.conf)
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yeah

>3) What about compiling iptables with no shared libraries as it will be 
>permanently used - are the libc6 -> libc-2.3.1 included in iptables?
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Should be, static binaries are pretty simple if space isn't a concern. 
Hell, with libc static in the binary, you don't even need to get the 
other libc for the build platform. Hmm..

>4) perhaps the easiest way if possible at all would be to upgrade the target 
>machine
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Also a good idea if an upgrader is easily found. Depends on how many 
programs are installed as well.

>Which should I choose and are there any better ideas???
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>Thanks in advance for taking your time
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>unfortunately I tried to replace libc-2.2.5 on the target machine but it 
>wasn't good idea :-)) I ran into "hella trouble".
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Definitly - Basically only upgrades from distributions are the only 
practical way to accomplish this in larger platforms.