gcc error

[Kevin Krieser]

Couple of suggestions.

Centos 4 should have installed, or available to install, the compat-gcc-32 packages, with version 3.2.3 of GCC.

No need to do a force install, you "should" be able to just update the build procedure to use the gcc32 compiler rather than gcc 3.4 that is the default compiler on 4.  I've never had a need to compile with an older version of the compiler than what is on the distribution, so I haven't tested it.  But it must be there for those who need to target older distributions on the current distribution.

The other suggestion is that, unless proven otherwise, I would suggest that there is a bug in the program.  The older compilers/runtime may just not be seeing it.  So masking the problem may just allow some other problem to be occurring  that just hasn't been found yet.

On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:14 PM, Geofrey Rainey wrote:

> You're in a bit of a bind. I don't think gcc install of an older version
> will be a problem - it's only the C compiler. You find many missing
> dependencies though - I'd be fiddling on a test box first of course!
> 
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> 
> I am running an application in RHEL AS 4.8 and getting this error "***
> glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer:" and after research  i
> found the application that compile with gcc3.4 or highter run on RHEL
> 4  crash but works well when compiled with gcc3.2.3 with RHEL 3.
> 
> The problem is that I cannot change the OS level back to RHEL 3 and
> cannot move to RHEL 5 and I have to stay with RHEL 4 only.
> If I force install the old gcc (gcc3.2.3) will it make problem ... I
> am not sure,
> 
> Any one can suggest any idea  or work around ?