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Re:Uacme: ACMEv2 client written in plain C with minimal depe... by nicoburns on Sunday August 21, 2022 @05:20PM (#32544564)
It might only compile on a machine with a recent compiler if it’s aggressive with using new language features, but why would need to compile a Rust/C++ version from source? A compiler binary will run jut fine on old distro versions.
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Re:Uacme: ACMEv2 client written in plain C with minimal depe... by netheril96 on Sunday August 21, 2022 @07:55PM (#32545723)
On old distros you need to install the latest libc and libstdc++/libc++ to run them. I’ve tried many times in the past and never succeeded.
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Re:Uacme: ACMEv2 client written in plain C with minimal depe... by nicoburns on Monday August 22, 2022 @06:46AM (#32549670)
Typically projects will compile the binaries on systems with a much older version of libc (but the latest compiler) specifically to avoid this problem.

If they’re not doing this then I believe they won’t work on older systems even if compiled with old compiler versions.

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