[plug] updating glibc on old RH6

[Shayne O'Neill]

Shouldnt it be possible to just add in a new glibc? I thought they could
co-exist.

Regardless, for security sake alone, your client really wants to update
that machine asap.

As for dragging heels: Heres the winning arguement: Hacksers.

If they want really damn stable, maybe they should look at a debian
install? I'm pretty sure even woody is more up to date in this respect.

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On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, bwarff wrote:

> glibc is the core library that pretty much everything else links/builds from.
>
> changing it tends to lead to a world of pain (tm), so id suggest that if he needs
> the new software, he needs a newer distro.
>
> it is perhaps possible to build the newer program (and its dependancies) in a non
> distro location like /usr/local or /opt ... but thats only if your comfortable with
> build from source and playing environment games.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:33:14 +0800
> Joel Johnson <jjohnson at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks, have a client who has an old Red Hat 6 machine. I need to
> > install some software on it that requires at least glibc_2.2.4.
> > Unfortunately it seems RH6 update rpms only went as far as
> > glibc_2.1.something.
> >
> > Is anyone able to tell me whether I can install, say, a RH7 update RPM
> > for glibc_2.2.4 without killing anything else?
> >
> > Client is dragging their heels over upgrading to newer distribution -
> > the old "if it aint broke" mentality as well as the cost excuse - so at
> > present that's not an option.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Joel
> >
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