I have a situation where I *need* to reconstruct the low-level system configuration for some end-user application tools that was compiled using gcc-2.95 and requires glibc-2.2.5-. The default-x86-1.4 CD uses: gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r1, propolice) and libc-2.3.2 I have since been unable to find any places to download a default-x86-1.0 which I believe uses gcc-2.95 and libc-2.2.3+. Attempting to downgrade to 2.95 from either the 2004.2 or 1.4 distributions fails for well know reasons (everything dynamically linked to libc.so.6->libc-2.3+ gets confused). Can someone point me to download site for 1.0 or docs explaining how to set up for a cononical gcc-2.95 and libc-2.2.5 system. As a note, compiling with gcc-2.95.3 on linux-2.6.7 with linc-2.3.3 gives a runtime error "Level 2 syncronization error" while trying to open shared memory on a real-time system. Any syggestions are most appreciated. Thanks for your patiance... EBo --
Have you tried booting to a 1.2 LiveCD?
re: Live-CD 1.2 no, but only because I could not find anything older than 1.4 (I have only found 1.4, 2004.0, and 2004.2 on the mirrors). Where can I download a 1.2 Live CD iso?
http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/releases/historical/x86/1.2/livecd/
Sorry for the extended delay -- I was not able to get everything running before I had to leave town... I was unable to complete the full install due to differences in portage databases getting confused during sync. I will follow up on this, and one other lead, when I get back in about a week. Thanks again for the speedy reply. EBo --
use the 1.2 release ... we really cant support gcc-2.x and glibc-2.2.x anymore, so g'luck ! ;)
I downloaded the 1.2 release and was thrashing the system trying to upgrade the tools. I put it aside when I had to leave town for a little. As a note, I stumbled onto the real problem which was masked by the gcc-2.95/glibc-2.2 incompatibilities. I literally just got it working about 5 minuites ago. The solution does not depend on *having* to have gcc-2.95/glibc-2.2 Hopfully I will not have to depend on the old 1.2 distro. Thanks for your time and suggestions! EBo --