From: ajayshah@almaak.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) Subject: Re: Binaries compiled under older versions of linux Date: 29 May 1992 00:20:40 -0700
probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
>Obviously some binaries that were compiled under older version of linux wont
>work on 96a without recompilation. Granted, this should not be true, but
>it happens when both the OS and the compiler upgrade.
If it's not too much to ask, could we also promote a style where the
person who creates the binary .tar.Z includes a short note defining
the OS and compiler version he used? That would save some trouble.
(I found elvis drops core... could this be the cause?)
-ans.
--Ajay Shah, (213)749-8133, ajayshah@usc.edu