Check glibc version for a particular gcc compiler

Question

I have two gcc compilers installed on my system, one is gcc 4.1.2 (default) and the other is gcc 4.4.4. How can I check the libc version used by

Answer 1

You can use strings command to check GLIBC version of compiler. Highest version is applicable.

ubuntu1604:extra$ strings ./arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc | grep GLIBC
    GLIBC_2.3
    GLIBC_2.8
    GLIBC_2.14
    GLIBC_2.4
    GLIBC_2.11
    GLIBC_2.2.5
    GLIBC_2.3.4