Brandon S Allbery KF8NH
Linux users don't have easy binary installers, usually. What can we do about this bootstrapping problem?
I thought the answer to that was supposed to be "bug your distribution to package the Platform".
In my case, it's more like bug the IT department to get with the times and drop distributions like RHEL and CentOS. And I do try, but to my perpetual chagrin, I'm not always as high on their priority list as I might wish... As a developer, I'd like to work with cutting-edge compilers and tools. As a user, I want to run on the conservatively configured servers in the basement. Glibc makes my binaries non-portable between systems, and somewhat ironically, the same issue that prevents me to compile on my development system and deploy on the server, also prevents me from deploying modern development tools on the server and make a compatible build. It seems to me that the easiest solution is to have a different libc to link against for static builds, but given the huge amount of complaints about this around the net, and the glaring lack of any solution, I guess it's not that easy. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants