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Re: [OT] /lib/i686/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found



Hi Rob,

* Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> [2003-01-31 01:46]:
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 06:43:06PM +0100, Lukas Ruf wrote:
> > 
> > Compiling iptables-1.2.7a locally on that box there results in a very
> > strange error message when trying to launch iptables afterwards:
> > 
> >   [root@localhost iptables-1.2.7a]# iptables
> >   iptables: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: \
> >   version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by iptables)
> > 
> > As I wrote, I have no idea why this can happen: I myself re-compiled
> > the whole iptables on that box already twice -- and searching the web
> > has not helped me further.  That's the reason I hope to dare ask here.
> 
> Normally, this is caused by compiling a program on a system using a
> newer version of a library (libc, in this case) than the one you run it
> on.  I've absolutely no idea how this could happen on one machine
> though, since the program would, almost by definition, be linked against
> the C library installed on the system.
> 


thanks for the answer.  I made the effort to convert the system from
Red Hat 7.3 to Debian -- now it works, of course!

wbr,
Lukas
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