[Starkit] linux distro choice

[Joey Mukherjee]

We have had the same problem distributing our Linux apps forever.  The 
one distro that we found that was the "most universal" was Red Hat 
v7.3.


On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:28 AM, Steve Landers wrote:

>
> On 24/04/2006, at 8:14 PM, Jean-Claude Wippler wrote:
>
>> Steve Landers just told me that my latest tclkit 8.4.13 builds (both 
>> dyn & static) are "too recent" for his purposes (these binaries even 
>> have the nerve to call his kernel "too old"!).
>>
>> So now I have two questions:
>>
>> 1) Could someone please confirm that tclkit at least works fine on 
>> Linux x86 when built with the latest genkit & tars?
>
> I hasten to add - tclkit 8.4.13 works fine for me on my preferred 
> Linux - SuSE 10.0.
>
> But I have some older distros that I'm stuck with for various reasons 
> - mainly based on older RedHat kernels (i.e. 2.4 series).
>
>> If we can't come up with a good way out, then I'm afraid that tclkit 
>> will end up no longer having a general binary on Linux.  It'll be 
>> back to "just build your own".
>
> I suspect it won't be that bad - most kernel 2.6 / glibc 2.3 distros 
> should be fine. Worst case will be "build your own if the provided one 
> doesn't work".
>
> But there must be a lowest common denominator out there - we just need 
> help in finding it.
>
> Steve
>
>
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Joey