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Disclaimer: This is a user’s perspective rather than a programmer’s perspective. valid point. I am usually okay with LLM generated code since even if it might

Disclaimer: This is a user’s perspective rather than a programmer’s perspective. valid point. I am usually okay with LLM generated code since even if it might not be architecturally sound It is usually well commented and has tests and documentation for helping another agent/human debug any issues. But, just the painful experience of debugging any dlopen related crashes and/or intermittent bugs; and the sheer amount of tokens burnt by an LLM chasing tangents when shown a stack trace; I wouldn’t touch this at least as a packager/consumer of certain apps for personal usage on older distros. So far, AnyLinux-Appimages seem to be a mature solution with great support from the developers, in case anyone lands here for packaging applications to run on older distros.

pg83 1mo ago
Modern models, when properly managed with a human in the loop, write higher-quality code than humans and introduce significantly fewer bugs. Therefore, it's quite the opposite - you should expect fewer "dlopen-related crashes and/or intermittent bugs."
- amoss 1mo ago
  > Modern models, when properly managed with a human in the loop, write higher-quality code than humans and introduce significantly fewer bugs. I don't think anybody believes this, and interjecting it into every thread is not really convincing anyone.
- someothherguyy 1mo ago
  where is the study confirming this?
ChocolateGod 1mo ago
> So far, AnyLinux-Appimages seem to be a mature solution with great support from the developers, in case anyone lands here for packaging applications to run on older distros. The Linux ecosystem already settled on containers to solve the problem. Namely Docker, Flatpak, Podman ec.
- Samueru 1mo ago
  https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main/FAQ.md#is-it-really-any-linux https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main... Wanna see those containers running in those old systems. Good luck getting flatpak to run on a kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS.
  - ChocolateGod 1mo ago
    > kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS So basically no mainstream distro.
- analog_daddy 1mo ago
  They require admin privileges. A consumer on an enterprise servers might not have them, which is where I would guess glibc might not be latest one. If you are an admin then sure those solutions can be feasible.
  - ChocolateGod 1mo ago
    You don't need admin for Flatpak, Podman etc.

pg83 1mo ago

Modern models, when properly managed with a human in the loop, write higher-quality code than humans and introduce significantly fewer bugs. Therefore, it's quite the opposite - you should expect fewer "dlopen-related crashes and/or intermittent bugs."

amoss 1mo ago
> Modern models, when properly managed with a human in the loop, write higher-quality code than humans and introduce significantly fewer bugs. I don't think anybody believes this, and interjecting it into every thread is not really convincing anyone.
someothherguyy 1mo ago
where is the study confirming this?

ChocolateGod 1mo ago

> So far, AnyLinux-Appimages seem to be a mature solution with great support from the developers, in case anyone lands here for packaging applications to run on older distros. The Linux ecosystem already settled on containers to solve the problem. Namely Docker, Flatpak, Podman ec.

Samueru 1mo ago
https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main/FAQ.md#is-it-really-any-linux https://github.com/pkgforge-dev/Anylinux-AppImages/blob/main... Wanna see those containers running in those old systems. Good luck getting flatpak to run on a kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS.
- ChocolateGod 1mo ago
  > kernel without PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS So basically no mainstream distro.
analog_daddy 1mo ago
They require admin privileges. A consumer on an enterprise servers might not have them, which is where I would guess glibc might not be latest one. If you are an admin then sure those solutions can be feasible.
- ChocolateGod 1mo ago
  You don't need admin for Flatpak, Podman etc.