Re: [Monotone-devel] list branches on server?

[Stephen Leake]

Thomas Moschny <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 23.08.2009 14:20, schrieb Stephen Leake:
>> The mtn binary for Linux on the mtn website should be more fully
>> described (compiler version, required dynamic library versions), so
>> people can do the right thing with it.
>
> What is "the right thing" besides downloading, unpacking, running?

Not doing that, because you know it won't work. Instead, investigating
a distribution, or downloading the source.

> Also, it describes itself pretty good:
>
> $ ./mtn-0.44-linux-x86 version --full
> monotone 0.44 (base revision: 7a4832143b3146ca89f5cb91e0e571d05e29d4b9)
> Running on          : Linux 2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586 #1 SMP Sat Aug 15
> 00:44:39 EDT 2009 i686
> C++ compiler        : GNU C++ version 4.3.2
> C++ standard library: GNU libstdc++ version 20080905
> Boost version       : 1_34_1
> SQLite version      : 3.5.9 (compiled against 3.5.9)
> Lua version         : Lua 5.1
> PCRE version        : 7.6 2008-01-28 (compiled against 7.6)
> Botan version       : 1.7.8 (compiled against 1.7.8)
> [...]
>
> It is a binary for ia32 Linux that only needs glibc 2.3 (and most likely
> also runs on 64bit Linux, given it provides a 32bit glibc):
>
> $ ldd ./mtn-0.44-linux-x86
>       linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0x00e75000)
>       libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00480000)
>       libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00456000)
>       libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00487000)
>       libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x002e3000)
>       /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x002bf000)
>
> $ readelf -s ./mtn-0.44-linux-x86 |
> sed -r '/GLIBC/{s,^.*@(GLIBC_[0-9.]+).*$,\1,;n};d' | sort -u
> GLIBC_2.0
> GLIBC_2.1
> GLIBC_2.1.3
> GLIBC_2.2
> GLIBC_2.2.4
> GLIBC_2.3
>
> What exactly would you suggest writing on the website?

Something like this:

    This is a binary for ia32 Linux built with GNU C++ version 4.3.2,
    that only needs glibc 2.3 dynamic libraries, and most likely also
    runs on a 64bit Linux that provides a 32bit glibc. The best way to
    find out if it will work for you is to download it, and run
    'mtn-0.44-linux-x86 version'. If that reports no errors, it should
    work in general.

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