[bf1942] Peter: What about GLIBC <= 2.2?

[Neal Clayton]

Well in fairness the code for UT under linux has been around since ~2000 
same deal with CoD since it's a Q3 engine game, the BF engine on the 
other hand has been run under Linux for about a year ;).

Martin Steiger wrote:

>Ok, just my two cents...
>
>- Many ppl still have servers with glibc <= 2.2 (at least I think so)
>- Many of these ppl don't have any clue on how to update this correctly (as
>I am)
>- Some of them (or should I say most?) are having a public server "for
>fun"...
>
>If the BF:V-server is "based" on BF1942 V1.5, where exactly is the problem
>to make it compatible to the older compilers?
>
>I know I'm just a guy who is running his BF1942-server "for fun", but I
>think there are many of us out there.
>
>It is one of the greatest games I ever saw (despite the missing linux-server
>in the beginning :), but not all of us are willing (or able) to update the
>"core" of their servers just because a new version (let's face it: It is
>just an update... :) came out.
>
>Yeah, "we" don't know how to do it, but that doesn't make a big
>difference... ;)
>
>A few days ago, I installed the UT2004-(demo)server on my machine. Worked
>without even one problem... Even CoD worked... Am I missing something?
>
>Cheers,
>Martin
>
>
>
>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>Von: Brigham Stevens [mailto:brs at vikingmind.com]
>Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2004 23:29
>An: bf1942 at icculus.org; Peter Chang
>Cc: 'bf1942 at icculus.org'
>Betreff: RE: [bf1942] bfv static-ness poll
>
>
>
>Im using RedHat Linux 7.3 ......
>It won't start:
>
>./bfv_linded: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: version `GCC_3.0' not found (required
>by ./bfv_linded)
>./bfv_linded: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required
>by ./bfv_linded)
>
>
>Quoting Peter Chang <peter.chang at dicecanada.com>:
>
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>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: David Snodgrass [mailto:dave at pmmci.com]
>>>Subject: Re: [bf1942] bfv static-ness poll
>>>
>>>My sentiments exactly - "we" can fix our own systems, "we"
>>>cant fix bf1942 -
>>>Let us upgrade, you fix the stuff we cant. :)
>>>
>>>On 3/11/04 4:20 PM, "Andrew A. Chen" <achen-bf1942 at divo.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Let's see a new build, even if it is 2.3-only.  As long as the
>>>>home-directory-not-found-crash problem is fixed, I'm
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>golden.  Thanks.
>>>      
>>>
>>groovy, two respondents in a matter of seconds :-)
>>
>>i'm in the middle of a build right now so i'll do a sanity check of
>>the
>>stuff that i think i've fixed and send another mail w/ the usual
>>
>>\p
>>
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>>
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>--brigham
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