On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 15:23:27 +0530, XRDLAB wrote: > I wanted to compile a program on my hamm machine and ran into some problems. > I found that the reason for the errors were due to libc5 dependency of the > program. I installed libc5-altdev package and tried to compile the program > with the following command line: > > gcc -nostdinc -I/usr/i486-linuxlibc1/include \ > -I/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2.3/include -c xxx.c > > as mentioned in the Glibc2 howto.
The recommended way to build libc5 binaries on libc6 Debian systems is to use /usr/i486-linuxlibc1/bin/gcc from the altgcc package. HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan