Re: Why the "Linux goofiness" socket writability check?

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 01:14:58PM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 09:15:00PM -0600, David Fifield wrote:
> > I tried to find an old Linux to test it with. I tried a Linux 2.4 live
> > CD but Nmap wouldn't run compiled against a newer Glibc, even compiled
> > statically. I compiled it under a 2.6.8.1 live CD from 2004, and version
> > detection, NSE, and Ncat worked without any problem.
>
> You can try an Owl live CD, which currently uses Linux 2.4.37.2-ow1
> (yes, we're that conservative, although this is about to change), but it
> also includes development tools working right off the live CD and
> capable of building the latest Nmap from source.  Moreover, Nmap 5.00 is
> there, in three forms: installed on the live CD, an RPM package for
> installs onto hard drives, and a source code tarball (also, there are
> our patches on top of Nmap 5.00 in the native tree).

Thanks, that was a good idea. I downloaded the image you suggested and
tested Nmap with the changes with no problems.

David Fifield

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