[CentOS] Re: Problems running programs compiled unter Centos 5 on Centos 4 machines

[Scott Silva]

Bernhard Gschaider spake the following on 5/10/2007 1:05 PM:
> I know this is quite a handwaving, stupid question, but I don't know
> where else to ask it and maybe somebody here can at least point me
> into the right direction, because I'm stuck.
> 
> I have a program package that were using here (OpenFOAM for those who
> know it). My problem is that when I compile and link this package on
> CentOS 5, it won't run on CentOS 4.x-machines but stops with a
> floating-point-exception. The funny thing is that my experiments with
> strace and gdb indicate that the problems occur during the loading of
> an .so (that does not belong to the package). I was able to remove
> that so from the build, the program then failed with similar symptoms
> at another library.
> 
> Has anyone here seen similar behaviour and what would be a possible
> solution? (to compile under 5 in such a way that it runs on 4)
> 
> My problem is, that moving all machines to CentOS 5 is not possible,
> because our cluster-solution (Rocks) is based on 4.
> 
> Any hints (how trivial they may appear to you) are most welcome.
Compile on 4?


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