Cannot dynamically link to librt.so.1 when LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5

[Paul Howarth]

Kazimieras wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 12:26 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
>> Kazimieras wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> kernel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC5
>>> glibc-2.4-8
>>>
>>> bash-3.1$ LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 /bin/ls
>>> /bin/ls: error while loading shared libraries: librt.so.1: cannot open
>>> shared object file: No such file or directory
>>>
>>>
>>> Is this a bug ?
>> Why are using LD_ASSUME_KERNEL?
>>
>> There is no LinuxThreads support in FC5.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
> I personally do not use this, but some java software (like Zend) packed
> with InstallAnywhere does. 
> The InstallAnywhere provides installation and launcher scripts. The
> script uses LD_ASSUME_KERNEL for some cases, thus it fails to launch
> programs e.g java.
> 
> It seems that it's an installer issue, or is there a way to "turn on"
> LinuxThreads support in FC5 ?

No, LinuxThreads have been deprecated for a long time (at least since 
FC1) and with FC5, support for them was finally dropped. So the 
installer will need fixing, and possibly the application too.

Paul.