https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241257
--- Comment #8 from Dimitry Andric <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Mike Cui from comment #5) > Because the base toolchain binaries are static I can almost always run newer > version on older systems. When I tried this going to 12.1 RC it didn't work > because ld.lld depended on a libc symbol I didn't have in 11. I understand that it can be a time-saver, but in general, even a statically linked binary from a newer release (and certainly a major release) is not guaranteed to run on an older kernel, specifically because there may have been changes in syscalls. That said, compilers and linkers tend to use a relatively minor set of those, and also the ones that don't change behavior very often (e.g. reading/writing files, basic process management). So these are less likely to break. :) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-toolchain To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
