fix: add linux library dependency check for remote server

build/gulpfile.reh.js

@@ -372,6 +372,14 @@ function packageTask(type, platform, arch, sourceFolderName, destinationFolderNa
 			);
 		}
 
+		if (platform === 'linux' || platform === 'alpine') {
+			result = es.merge(result,
+				gulp.src(`resources/server/bin/helpers/check-requirements-linux.sh`, { base: '.' })
+					.pipe(rename(`bin/helpers/check-requirements.sh`))
+					.pipe(util.setExecutableBit())
+			);
+		}
+
 		return result.pipe(vfs.dest(destination));
 	};
 }

resources/server/bin/code-server-linux.sh

@@ -9,4 +9,13 @@ esac
 
 ROOT="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")")"
 
+# Check platform requirements
+if [ "$(echo "$@" | grep -c -- "--skip-requirements-check")" -eq 0 ]; then
+	$ROOT/bin/helpers/check-requirements.sh
+	exit_code=$?
+	if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
+		exit $exit_code
+	fi
+fi
+
 "$ROOT/node" ${INSPECT:-} "$ROOT/out/server-main.js" "$@"

resources/server/bin/helpers/check-requirements-linux.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+BITNESS=$(getconf LONG_BIT)
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+found_required_glibc=0
+found_required_glibcxx=0
+
+# Based on https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/520b1df08de68a3de328b65a25b86300a7ddf512/elf/cache.c#L162-L245
+case $ARCH in
+	x86_64) LDCONFIG_ARCH="x86-64";;
+	armv7l | armv8l) LDCONFIG_ARCH="hard-float";;
+	arm64 | aarch64)
+		if [ "$BITNESS" = "32" ]; then
+			# Can have 32-bit userland on 64-bit kernel
+			LDCONFIG_ARCH="hard-float"
+		else
+			LDCONFIG_ARCH="AArch64"
+		fi
+		;;
+esac
+
+if [ -f /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 ]; then
+	# Typical path
+	libstdcpp_path='/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6'
+elif [ -f /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 ]; then
+	# Typical path
+	libstdcpp_path='/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6'
+elif [ -f /sbin/ldconfig ]; then
+    # Look up path
+    libstdcpp_paths=$(ldconfig -p | grep 'libstdc++.so.6')
+
+    if [ "$(echo "$libstdcpp_paths" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+        libstdcpp_path=$(echo "$libstdcpp_paths" | grep "$LDCONFIG_ARCH" | awk '{print $NF}')
+    else
+        libstdcpp_path=$(echo "$libstdcpp_paths" | awk '{print $NF}')
+    fi
+else
+	echo "Warning: Can't find libstdc++.so or ldconfig, can't verify libstdc++ version"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$libstdcpp_path" ]; then
+	# Extracts the version number from the path, e.g. libstdc++.so.6.0.22 -> 6.0.22
+	# which is then compared based on the fact that release versioning and symbol versioning
+	# are aligned for libstdc++. Refs https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/abi.html
+	# (i-e) GLIBCXX_3.4.<release> is provided by libstdc++.so.6.y.<release>
+    libstdcpp_real_path=$(readlink -f "$libstdcpp_path")
+    libstdcpp_version=$(echo "$libstdcpp_real_path" | awk -F'\\.so\\.' '{print $NF}')
+    if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "6.0.25" "$libstdcpp_version" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "6.0.25" ]; then
+        found_required_glibcxx=1
+    else
+        echo "Warning: Missing GLIBCXX >= 3.4.25! from $libstdcpp_real_path"
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$(ldd --version | grep -v musl)" ]; then
+    if [ -f /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 ]; then
+        # Typical path
+        libc_path='/usr/lib64/libc.so.6'
+    elif [ -f /usr/lib/libc.so.6 ]; then
+        # Typical path
+        libc_path='/usr/lib/libc.so.6'
+    elif [ -f /sbin/ldconfig ]; then
+        # Look up path
+        libc_paths=$(ldconfig -p | grep 'libc.so.6')
+
+        if [ "$(echo "$libc_paths" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
+            libc_path=$(echo "$libc_paths" | grep "$LDCONFIG_ARCH" | awk '{print $NF}')
+        else
+            libc_path=$(echo "$libc_paths" | awk '{print $NF}')
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "Warning: Can't find libc.so or ldconfig, can't verify libc version"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$libc_path" ]; then
+		# Rather than trusting the output of ldd --version (which is not always accurate)
+		# we instead use the version of the cached libc.so.6 file itself.
+        libc_real_path=$(readlink -f "$libc_path")
+        libc_version=$($libc_real_path --version | sed -n 's/.*stable release version \([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*/\1/p')
+        if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "2.28" "$libc_version" | sort -V | head -n1)" = "2.28" ]; then
+            found_required_glibc=1
+        else
+            echo "Warning: Missing GLIBC >= 2.28! from $libc_real_path"
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Warning: musl detected, skipping GLIBC check"
+    found_required_glibc=1
+fi
+
+if [ "$found_required_glibc" = "0" ] || [ "$found_required_glibcxx" = "0" ]; then
+	echo "Error: Missing required dependencies. Please refer to our FAQ https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/faq/old-linux for additional information."
+	# Custom exit code based on https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/exitcodes.html
+	exit 99
+fi