/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by ./thermADC)

Hello community,

I have been trying to understand what is going wrong in executing a cross-built eclipse file for Beaglebone black, which takes the ADC values, converts the read value and outputs the converted temperature values onto the terminal screen.

I can successfully compile and build the eclipse file and transfer it to the Beaglebone black, but when i try to execute (the file name is thermADC), i get the following error:

debian@beaglebone:~$ ./thermADC 
./thermADC: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by ./thermADC)

I tried searching up the error on the web, and found similar issues faced by others, but none of the answers or approaches helped solve the issue (or didn’t have a solution at all in the first place).

Since the error pointed out to a GLIBC version 2.29 not found, i checked the glibc version on my BBB and the result:

debian@beaglebone:~$ ldd --version ldd
ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.28-10+deb10u1) 2.28
Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.

The above shows that the GLIBC currently available on the BBB is of version 2.28 and not ‘2.29’ as required which would explain the error.

Then i searched for how to upgrade or install glibc with version 2.29 and came across this blogpost and tried as instructed as follows:

  1. Downloaded the glibc-2.29 package tar from gnu.org ( sudo wget http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/glibc-2.29.tar.gz ) into /usr/local/.
  2. Unzipped the package to a glibc-2.29 folder.
  3. Executed the ./configure command – ( sudo ./glibc-2.29/configure --prefix=/usr --disable-profile --enable-add-ons --with-headers=/usr/include --with-binutils=/usr/bin ) and the result is as follows:
checking build system type... armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
checking host system type... armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for readelf... readelf
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether g++ can link programs... yes
checking for sysdeps preconfigure fragments... aarch64 alpha arm configure: Found compiler is configured for armv7
csky hppa i386 m68k microblaze mips nios2 powerpc riscv s390 sh sparc x86_64 
checking for use of fpu sysdeps directories... yes
checking for -fstack-protector... yes
checking for -fstack-protector-strong... yes
checking for -fstack-protector-all... yes
checking for assembler and linker STT_GNU_IFUNC support... yes
checking for gcc attribute ifunc support... yes
checking whether the linker supports textrels along with ifunc... yes
checking if compiler warns about alias for function with incompatible types... yes
checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm sysdeps/arm/nptl sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/nptl sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/inet sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/arm sysdeps/unix sysdeps/posix sysdeps/arm/armv7/multiarch sysdeps/arm/armv7 sysdeps/arm/armv6t2 sysdeps/arm/armv6 sysdeps/arm sysdeps/wordsize-32 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking whether /usr/bin/as is GNU as... yes
checking whether /usr/bin/ld is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/as... /usr/bin/as
checking version of /usr/bin/as... 2.31.1, ok
checking for /usr/bin/ld... /usr/bin/ld
checking version of /usr/bin/ld... 2.31.1, ok
checking for gnumake... no
checking for gmake... no
checking for make... make
checking version of make... 4.2.1, ok
checking for gnumsgfmt... no
checking for gmsgfmt... no
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking version of msgfmt... 0.19.8.1, ok
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking version of makeinfo... 6.5, ok
checking for sed... sed
checking version of sed... 4.7, ok
checking for gawk... gawk
checking version of gawk... 4.2.1, ok
checking for bison... bison
checking version of bison... 3.3.2, ok
checking if gcc -B/usr/bin/ is sufficient to build libc... yes
checking for nm... nm
checking for python3... python3
checking version of python3... 3.7.3, ok
checking LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable... ok
checking for bash... /bin/bash
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for install-info... no
checking for .set assembler directive... yes
checking linker support for protected data symbol... yes
checking linker support for INSERT in linker script... yes
checking for broken __attribute__((alias()))... no
checking whether to put _rtld_local into .sdata section... no
checking whether to use .ctors/.dtors header and trailer... no
checking for libunwind-support in compiler... no
checking whether --noexecstack is desirable for .S files... yes
checking for -z combreloc... yes
checking for linker that supports -z execstack... yes
checking for linker that supports --no-dynamic-linker... yes
checking for -static-pie... yes
checking for -fpie... yes
checking for --hash-style option... yes
checking for sufficient default -shared layout... no
checking for GLOB_DAT reloc... yes
checking linker output format... elf32-littlearm
checking for -fno-toplevel-reorder -fno-section-anchors... yes
checking for -mtls-dialect=gnu2... yes
checking whether cc puts quotes around section names... no
checking for __builtin_memset... no
checking for redirection of built-in functions... yes
checking for compiler option to disable generation of FMA instructions... -ffp-contract=off
checking if gcc -B/usr/bin/ accepts -fno-tree-loop-distribute-patterns with __attribute__ ((__optimize__))... yes
checking for libgd... no
checking for is_selinux_enabled in -lselinux... no
checking for _FORTIFY_SOURCE predefine... no
checking whether the linker provides working __ehdr_start... yes
checking for __builtin_trap with no external dependencies... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler supports thread_local... yes
running configure fragment for sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux
checking installed Linux kernel header files... 3.2.0 or later
checking for kernel header at least 3.2.0... ok
checking for symlinks in /usr/include... ok
running configure fragment for sysdeps/gnu
running configure fragment for sysdeps/arm
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking whether the compiler is using the ARM hard-float ABI... yes
checking whether PC-relative relocs in movw/movt work properly... yes
checking whether TPOFF relocs with addends are assembled correctly... yes
checking whether -fPIC is default... yes
checking whether -fPIE is default... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.make
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing default commands

which makes me believe that the configure step is done without any errors (there were few warnings of some of the packages not being installed on the system in a previous try to configure, so installed those said packages on BBB before performing a clean build).
4. Next step is to execute the “make” command in the /usr/local/ directory and this is where i am facing the issue as follows:

../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/syscall.h:24:10: **fatal error:** asm/unistd.h: No such file or directory
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "../scripts/gen-as-const.py", line 120, in <module>
    main()
  File "../scripts/gen-as-const.py", line 116, in main
    consts = glibcextract.compute_c_consts(sym_data, args.cc)
  File "/usr/local/glibc-2.29/scripts/glibcextract.py", line 62, in compute_c_consts
    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.7/subprocess.py", line 347, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'gcc -B/usr/bin/ -std=gnu11 -fgnu89-inline  -g -O2 -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Wundef -Werror -fmerge-all-constants -frounding-math -fno-stack-protector -Wstrict-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -fmath-errno     -ftls-model=initial-exec      -I../include -I/usr/local/csu  -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local  -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm  -I../sysdeps/arm/nptl  -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/include -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux  -I../sysdeps/nptl  -I../sysdeps/pthread  -I../sysdeps/gnu  -I../sysdeps/unix/inet  -I../sysdeps/unix/sysv  -I../sysdeps/unix/arm  -I../sysdeps/unix  -I../sysdeps/posix  -I../sysdeps/arm/armv7/multiarch  -I../sysdeps/arm/armv7  -I../sysdeps/arm/armv6t2  -I../sysdeps/arm/armv6  -I../sysdeps/arm/include -I../sysdeps/arm  -I../sysdeps/wordsize-32  -I../sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32  -I../sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64  -I../sysdeps/ieee754  -I../sysdeps/generic  -I.. -I../libio -I. -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8/include -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8/include-fixed -isystem /usr/include  -D_LIBC_REENTRANT -include /usr/local/libc-modules.h -DMODULE_NAME=libc -include ../include/libc-symbols.h       -DTOP_NAMESPACE=glibc -DGEN_AS_CONST_HEADERS 		   -MD -MP -MF /usr/local/rtld-global-offsets.h.dT 		   -MT '/usr/local/rtld-global-offsets.h.d /usr/local/rtld-global-offsets.h' -S -o /tmp/tmpqm_0ze7l/test.s -x c - < /tmp/tmpqm_0ze7l/test.c' returned non-zero exit status 1.
make[2]: *** [../Makerules:271: /usr/local/rtld-global-offsets.h] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/glibc-2.29/csu'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:258: csu/subdir_lib] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/glibc-2.29'
make: *** [Makefile:9: all] Error 2

Can someone please help with what might be causing this issue?

Thanks and Regards,
Yash

Just build your application locally on the BBB… Or Cross build with the same major version of Debian, instead of a random cross compiler…

Regards,

Hi Robert,

I am cross-compiling application for BBB, running Debian Buster LXQt Image 2022-01-01, in Eclipse IDE and the cross-compiler is setup according to the steps given by Derek Molly in Exploring Beaglebone Black.
The host PC is a Ubuntu machine running Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS.

I have not faced any issues before with other applications that were built in Eclipse IDE, other than this one, and the issue might be caused because of ‘log’ function and math lib, libm, since that is the cause of the GLIBC_2.29 not found.

Is there anything that can be done other than native compiling on the BBB?

How to achieve this? Is there any post which can be taken as a reference?

Thanks.

Simple… Install Debian Buster (10.x) on your host (or in virtual) instead of Ubuntu 20.04.04 LTS to do your cross compiling… Or even older Ubuntu Bionic…

GLIBC: is always a fun dependency users run into, whenever they use a “system” newer then the “target”…

Ubuntu Bionic (18.04) shipped with GLIBC: 2.27
Debian Buster shipped with GLIBC: 2.28
Ubuntu Focal (20.04) shipped with GLIBC: 2.31
Debian Bullseye shipped with GLIBC: 2.31

This is the way GLIBC has always done it, and every new Ubuntu release, users like you will try to build against and run into problems…

Simply if you want to use our Buster images, either use Ubuntu Bionic or Debian Buster to do your cross building… Otherwise feel free to switch to our Bullseye images, in which case you can use all “4” to cross build…

Regards,

Hi Robert,

Thank you so much for your help.

I shifted to using Debian Bullseye on BBB, and the issue was resolved.

Thanks a lot.

Regards,
Yash

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Hi
is Debian Bullseye will support BBB AM3358 ?

can you please share me the link for GLIBC version i´m looking for GLIBC 2.32

Hi,

I have similar Issue , but differerent version GLIBC

I´m trying BB Black with ARM AM3358B Compiled in VM ware with ubuntu 19.0 with eclipse cross compilation
when i transfer my binaries to BBB i got this error

But I have GLIBC 2.32 not Found

there is no later version for ARM Cpu debian version availble to support GLIBC 2.32
and compiler is Gnu arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc 10.2

Any leads will be apprecierad

GLIBC_2.32

BR
Kalidas

Hi @kalidas ,

Doesn’t it seem odd, that you are using Ubuntu with an “arm-poky*gcc” cross compiler to build an application for Debian Bullseye?

Since you are already using VM’s just install Debian Bullseye as a VM and use the native version of gcc to cross compile you application without jumping thru hoops of a random cross compiler…

Regards,

Hi @RobertCNelson ,
Thank you for quick response.
i´m not really sure i have Debian Bullseye into My BB Black AM3358 target
beaglebone .org Home page recomonded Debian Image was

AM3358 Debian 10.3 2020-04-06 4GB SD IoT

here i got version details

bild

Thank you

Latest snapshots can be found here…

https://forum.beagleboard.org/tag/latest-images

Debian 10.x (Buster) you’d use:

Regards,

that’s a differnet mailing list…

Use our image from: https://forum.beagleboard.org/tag/latest-images

On x86 with Bullseye:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf
voodoo@hestia:~$ /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc --version
arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Debian 10.2.1-6) 10.2.1 20210110
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Regards,

Hi @RobertCNelson ,

i have succesfully flashed Debian bullseye from the link you have shared but still does not solve my issue
i still see the needed by `GLIBC_2.32’ not found (required by ./StartApplication_D05) but exist 2.31

login as: debian
Pre-authentication banner message from server:
| Debian GNU/Linux 11
|
| BeagleBoard.org Debian Bullseye Minimal Image 2022-08-01
| Support: BeagleBoard.org - debian

|
End of banner message from server
debian@192.168.7.2’s password:

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Mon Aug 1 16:05:14 2022 from 192.168.7.1
debian@BeagleBone:~$ ldd --version
ldd (Debian GLIBC 2.31-13+deb11u3) 2.31
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.
debian@BeagleBone:~$ sudo ./StartApplication_D05
[sudo] password for debian:
./StartApplication_D05: /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32’ not found (required by ./StartApplication_D05)
debian@BeagleBone:~$

image

BR
kalidas

That is expected. The arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc toolchain you used to build your application is ‘still’ too new… Use the toolchain provided by Debian 11.x (Bullseye)…

Regards,