Hi Rob, * Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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 -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch Wanna know anything about raw ip? Join [EMAIL PROTECTED] on http://www.rawip.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
