Jq: Got "FATAL: kernel too old" by Running

[benjamin-bin-shen]

Describe the bug
download jq-linux64

To Reproduce
run it in RHEL 7
get the following:
[root@sowlx212 ~]# echo '["a","b","c","d","e"]' | jq '.[2:4]'
FATAL: kernel too old

Expected behavior
NA

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS and Version:
  [root@sowlx212 ~]# lsb_release -d
  Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7)
  [root@sowlx212 ~]# uname -a
  Linux sowlx212 2.6.9-78.0.8.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 5 07:14:58 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• jq version 1.5

Additional context
NA

[wtlangford]

How did you get your jq binary? That error typically indicates that the statically linked glibc doesn't like your kernel version. The binary releases we produce are statically linked, so they can be easily used.

I'll point out that RHEL7 is based off of linux kernel 3.10+. RHEL hasn't been based on 2.6.9 since RHEL4, which matches your lsb_release -d output (Nahant was RHEL4's codename). The way RHEL handles updates like this involves leaving the base kernel version alone and backporting features.

If possible, try install jq using your package manager (which will get you a dynamically-linked version). Otherwise, I'd recommend compiling jq from source, which should also create a dynamically-linked version.

[nicowilliams]

What @wtlangford said. The binaries we provide are a courtesy. If they don't work for you, or if we don't provide a binary for your choice of platform, then you must either install from your operating system's package repository, from something like Brew, or build from source.

[amauri912]

This thread is consistent, not a bug. I had the same problem described here fixed after downloading an older version for older kernel.