On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 05:41:46PM +0200, S. Jacobi wrote: > I develop software that should run on older debian releases starting > with wheezy. I would build directly in a VM with such an install, but > the problem is that my toolchain requires some rather modern pieces > which are not available in those versions. > Most libraries will be linked statically, the only exceptions being > libc and libstdc++. > Any ideas how to make it work?
You have three basic options. 1. Get all your toolchain's dependencies into backports. 2. Build all those dependencies in /usr/local or /opt 3. Use a different toolchain. -dsr-