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'Program Too Old' Error When Installing glibc 2.9

Hi,
I'm trying to install glibc 2.9 using the instructions in the package but i get:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ sudo ../glibc-2.9/configure 

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl

checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/i386/elf nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux nptl/sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix sysdeps/unix sysdeps/posix sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i486 nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 sysdeps/i386/fpu nptl/sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/wordsize-32 sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for g++... g++

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes

checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes

checking for ranlib... ranlib

checking whether as is GNU as... yes

checking whether ld is GNU ld... yes

checking for as... as

checking version of as... 2.20, bad

checking for ld... ld

checking version of ld... 2.20, bad

checking for pwd... /bin/pwd

checking for gcc... gcc

checking version of gcc... 4.4.1, ok

checking for gnumake... no

checking for gmake... no

checking for make... make

checking version of make... 3.81, ok

checking for gnumsgfmt... no

checking for gmsgfmt... no

checking for msgfmt... msgfmt

checking version of msgfmt... 0.17, ok

checking for makeinfo... makeinfo

checking version of makeinfo... 4.13, ok

checking for sed... sed

checking version of sed... 4.2.1, ok

checking for autoconf... autoconf

checking whether autoconf works... yes

configure: error:

*** These critical programs are missing or too old: as ld

*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

Now here is what I have so far:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ which ld

/usr/local/bin/ld

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ which as

/usr/local/bin/as

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ ld -v

GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.20

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ as -v

GNU assembler version 2.20 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.20

Furthermore, my env vars contain PATH as follows:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ env | grep PATH

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

These are the latest versions of the software from: hxxp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/. I have also tried to put an older version of glibc in the hopes that my 'old' ld and as will be accepted but it was a no go (i tried 2.7 and 2.8).

I'll also state that I am running:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ uname -a

Linux c-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

, which is actually:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ cat /etc/issue

Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

(aka Karmic Koala with all updates applied).

What am I doing wrong?? I'm stuck!

Can anyone throw any ideas please...

BR,
/C

How come you're trying to install glibc version 2.9 when 2.10 is available in ubuntu's repositories? For some reason Ubuntu calls it libc6 instead of glibc.

Also, I'd bet that your programs are actually too new for glibc 2.9. Sometimes installers will only look for a particular version of a program, and any version that is not the same as that is reported as being too old.

Welcome to LQ.

One thing is sure, you can't mix versions not fitting together.

Either it is for U-Boot / Embedded / Cross compiling or
Linux From Scratch.

Suggest : Follow the LFS Book strictly
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.5/

or even better CLFS , " Cross Linux From Scratch ",
if you are cross building : http://trac.cross-lfs.org/
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html

The binutils you have = version 2.20 is too new for glibc-2.9 .
Current stable binutils is 2.19.51. Some older ones : more stable.

About cross tools : The recommended / supported / maintained one
is crosstools-ng : http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/dokuwiki/projects/crosstool
( Updated about two weeks ago.)
.....

I can't build glibc either in LFS

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same exact problem.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cscrieciu0 (Post 3756244)

Hi,
I'm trying to install glibc 2.9 using the instructions in the package but i get:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ sudo ../glibc-2.9/configure 

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl

checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/i386/elf nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i686 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux nptl/sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/i386 nptl/sysdeps/unix sysdeps/unix sysdeps/posix sysdeps/i386/i686/fpu nptl/sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i686 sysdeps/i386/i486 nptl/sysdeps/i386/i486 sysdeps/i386/fpu nptl/sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/i386 sysdeps/wordsize-32 sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking for gcc... gcc

checking for suffix of object files... o

checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes

checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed

checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E

checking for g++... g++

checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes

checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes

checking for ranlib... ranlib

checking whether as is GNU as... yes

checking whether ld is GNU ld... yes

checking for as... as

checking version of as... 2.20, bad

checking for ld... ld

checking version of ld... 2.20, bad

checking for pwd... /bin/pwd

checking for gcc... gcc

checking version of gcc... 4.4.1, ok

checking for gnumake... no

checking for gmake... no

checking for make... make

checking version of make... 3.81, ok

checking for gnumsgfmt... no

checking for gmsgfmt... no

checking for msgfmt... msgfmt

checking version of msgfmt... 0.17, ok

checking for makeinfo... makeinfo

checking version of makeinfo... 4.13, ok

checking for sed... sed

checking version of sed... 4.2.1, ok

checking for autoconf... autoconf

checking whether autoconf works... yes

configure: error:

*** These critical programs are missing or too old: as ld

*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.

Now here is what I have so far:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ which ld

/usr/local/bin/ld

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ which as

/usr/local/bin/as

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ ld -v

GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.20

cristian@cristian-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ as -v

GNU assembler version 2.20 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.20

Furthermore, my env vars contain PATH as follows:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ env | grep PATH

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ uname -a

Linux c-laptop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

, which is actually:

Code:

c@c-laptop:~/U-Boot/glibc-build$ cat /etc/issue

Ubuntu 9.10 \n \l

(aka Karmic Koala with all updates applied).

What am I doing wrong?? I'm stuck!

Can anyone throw any ideas please...

BR,
/C

I had this problem, with using binutils-2.20.1. To get past it, I edited the configure script for glibc, and changed these lines:

case $ac_prog_version in
'') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
2.1[3-9]*)
ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;

case $ac_prog_version in
'') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
2.1[3-9]*)
ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;

to this:

case $ac_prog_version in
'') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
2.2[0-9]*)
ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;

case $ac_prog_version in
'') ac_prog_version="v. ?.??, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;
2.2[0-9]*)
ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, ok"; ac_verc_fail=no;;
*) ac_prog_version="$ac_prog_version, bad"; ac_verc_fail=yes;;

Why are you trying to install glibc 2.9? You should use either 2.10 or 2.11. You should use LFS 6.5+

Problem editting configure file

I had exactly the same problem and I've tryed your workaround editting the file as you say, but the problem is that when I try to run again
sh demo-powerpc-750.sh it overwrites my configure file, How have you overcome this problem?

Alter the file configure.in instead of configure.
This way the new settings will be kept when rerunning ./configure.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramón Frutos Sánchez (Post 4129473)