[gdal-dev] gdal program core dump

[Even Rouault]

Mixing different versions of libstdc++ when linking libgdal.so is definitely 
not a good idea and would likely cause runtime crashes. You should do a "ldd 
libgdal.so" to check that it doesn't occur (it could occur for example if the 
GDAL build itself is against one libstdc++ version, and some library that 
GDAL is linking with itself is linked against another libstdc++ version).

It appears more like a bad configuration issue of your OS than a problem with 
GDAL itself.
Other thing to check : are you sure you aren't mixing GDAL binaries and 
libraries of different versions ?

To answer your last question, Fedora 9 should be no problem. GDAL 1.5.3 is 
even packaged in the distribution itself. See 
http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/DownloadingGdalBinaries

Le Wednesday 19 November 2008 22:39:12 Gong, Shawn (Contractor), vous avez 
écrit :
> hi list,
>
> The gdal 1.4.0 that I built 12 months ago (and were running fine) now
> core dumps when I just type "gdalinfo" or "gdalwarp"  Error message:
> "Floating exception (core dumped)".
> Has anyone seen this kind of problem?
>
> I then built gdal 1.5.3 but still getting the same error.
>
> Note that my Linux OS is Redhat Enterprise (3 yrs old). It has 2 gcc c++
> libraries: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5 and /usr/local/lib/libstdc++.so.6
> There was a warning during make that libstdc++.so.5/6 and
> libcom_err.so.2/3 may conflict.
> If we upgrade OS, is Fedora 9 good?
>
> thanks,
> Shawn