Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:27:41 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Steven Doerfler <steven@lugaru.com>, freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pthread binary compatibility with FreeBSD 4 Message-ID: <43AB447D.7050300@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <43AB4368.20203@elischer.org> References: <3.0.5.32.20051222180129.0222e8c0@mailer> <43AB4368.20203@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > Steven Doerfler wrote: > >> I need to build a binary under FreeBSD 5.4 that will run under >> FreeBSD 4.11 >> without recompiling. Dynamically linked binaries are out since FreeBSD >> 4.11 lacks the appropriate libraries, but a statically linked binary >> from >> FreeBSD 5.4 seems to work fine under 4.11, as long as it doesn't link >> with >> a threading library. Linking with -lpthread or -pthread produces an >> error >> immediately at startup: >> >> > > make a 4.11 based jail or chroot and compile there using 4.11 tools to say more.. binaries compiled on newer systems are not guarenteed to run on older systems, where the reverse is a design goal. so compile on the oilder system rather then the newer system. (also, usr libc_r instead of libpthread if you REALLY must do this.) > >> Fatal error 'Can't allocate initial kse.' at line 267 in file >> /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_init.c (errno = 45) >> Segmentation fault (core dumped) >> >> I'm guessing this is because FreeBSD 4.11 lacks KSE's, and support >> for such >> older kernels has been removed from pthread? >> >> Is there any workaround for this? Maybe a threading library that >> doesn't >> depend on KSE's and works under 4.11 too? (I tried libc_r and libthr >> briefly but without success.) Or a way to build a version of pthread >> that >> doesn't use KSE's? Or is there a way to build with FreeBSD 4.11 >> libraries >> under FreeBSD 5.4? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions. >> >> Steven Doerfler >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-threads@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-threads >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-threads-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-threads@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-threads > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-threads-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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