Check glibc version at startup and abort if below 2.28

Open anumukul opened this issue 4 weeks ago • 3 comments

Adds a check for glibc version at Besu startup. If the detected version is below 2.28, startup is aborted with a clear error message instead of failing later with confusing native library load errors.

Related to #9506 where users with older glibc versions experience cryptic failures when native libraries try to load.

Fixes #9551

Dec 10 '25 20:12 anumukul

@fab-10 Updated. Consolidated the error messages, added the constant, and fixed the version comparison to handle edge cases.

Dec 11 '25 18:12 anumukul

you need to fix the DCO on the last commit

Dec 12 '25 09:12 fab-10

there are failures in the CI, have not you tried to build and test locally?

Dec 12 '25 10:12 fab-10