Re: [PATCH 1/3] Fix libvhost-user.c compilation.

[David Turner <digit@google.com>]

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On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 10:47 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 07, 2023 at 11:25:14AM +0200, David Turner wrote:
> > I meant glibc-2.17, I am using a sysroot to ensure the generated binaries
> > run on older Linux distributions.
>
> I think that would be considered an unsupported buld configuration
> from QEMU's POV. Our platform policy is declared here:
>
>   https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/about/build-platforms.html
>
> and from this policy we decide the minimum versions of libraries
> we intend to build against.
>
> Our two oldest build targets are Debian 10 / RHEL 8, both of
> which ship with GLibC 2.28.
>
> IOW, trying to build with a sysroot contanining ancient glibc
> 2.17 is well outside what QEMU intends to support. 2.17 is
> from circa 2012.
>
> Thank you for the clarification. My use of 2.17 is purely accidental at
that point (just reusing this Android prebuilt sysroot
<https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/host/x86_64-linux-glibc2.17-4.8/>
which is quite dated).
I will try with a Debian 10 based sysroot first and will let you know.
Maybe these patches are not needed after all.

>
> With regards,
> Daniel
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