There are some posts and answers on similar topics but I have a different case. And I am looking for a solution without using patchelf.

I am using an OS with GLIBC version 2.17 and my application requires GLIBC version 2.18.

I compiled GLIBC version 2.18 on the OS and I am able to run my application using below steps:

1. ./bin/patchelf –set-interpreter
   /home/nexir/glibc/build/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 –set-rpath
   /home/nexir/glibc/build /home/nexir/app/myapp

2. /home/nexir/app/myapp

I do not get any errors and my application able to start successfully.

I am looking for another solution to run my application without using patchelf command. Since, it is modifying my application executable, my client doesn’t accept it.

When I run my application using the below command:

LD_PRELOAD=/home/nexir/glibc/build/libc.so.6 /home/nexir/glibc/build/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /home/nexir/app/myapp

I got Segmentation fault error.

What is the problem with my command? If patchelf works, then there must be another way to run it.