[ut2004] ./ut2004-bin: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> This is also a pain in the butt when people insist on getting you to
> setup UT2004 servers on old archaic debian stable based servers that
> still use gcc2 where this library isn't available.
> 
> Maybe static'ing it could be the best option.

1) It's LGPL, so static linking isn't an option.
2) Statically linking any part of glibc or libgcc is asking for trouble, 
as we've found in the past, and it doesn't guarantee binary 
compatibility anyhow, since parts of these libraries want to dlopen() 
and otherwise link against other system libraries and behave badly when 
they can't find what they want.

You can put this on older systems:
   http://icculus.org/updates/cod/gcc3-libs.tar.bz2

Unpack that somewhere that the dynamic loader can find it without 
overwriting your existing system libraries, and you should be able to 
use this on older systems that don't have a better package.

And be sure to remember that breaking binary compatibility is a crappy 
thing to do even in a totally open source world; everyone needs to stop 
viewing that as the application developer's bug and start putting blame 
where it belongs.

--ryan.