Re: [Firebird-devel] RC2 Install Problem

[Dave A. <mail@DaveAlbiston.me.uk>]

Alex Peshkov wrote:
> Helen Borrie wrote:
>>> First you can try symlinking libstdc++.so.6:
>>> su
>>> cd /usr/lib
>>> ln -s libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.5
>>>
>>> This trick works ok for Java, so I guess it will also be ok for 
>>> Firebird.
>>
>>
>> Try it yourself.  Symlinking libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++.so.5 doesn't 
>> work, at least for Mandriva 10.2.  It comes up with some other 
>> dependencies when trying to invoke libfbembed.so. However, installing 
>> the compat-libstdc++ package for Fedora Core 3 does work.  It's a 
>> nasty solution, though, as there's no way to know whether that's the 
>> version of the libstdc++ runtime that Java (or any other application) 
>> might want.
>>
>> According to Alex, the only proper thing to do is compile Firebird on 
>> the same version of the OS that you're going to run it on.
I had tried the linking trick but found the problem Helen mentioned. 
I'll download the source and compile.

Dave

>>
> 
> A few words to make it cleaner.
> 
> libstdc++.so.X is runtime support library of g++ compiler. Certainly, 
> attempt to use fresh runtime with old executable will sooner not work, 
> but in some cases can. But this is not a rule! Please, don't rely on it!
> 
> A popular solution with compatibility package is absolutely OK in case 
> when don't plan to integrate firebird with other packages. But imagine 
> something like Apache + PHP + libfbembed - very realistic combination. 
> And when Apache and PHP need runtime v.6, but firebird need runtime v.5, 
> it's also not guranteed to work together.
> 
> Therefore ideal solution is to compile firebird with your host's gcc, 
> but in many cases compatibility package may be OK.
> 
> Alex.
> 
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