[plug] updating glibc on old RH6

[Craig Ringer]

On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 14:33 +0800, Joel Johnson 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?

I wouldn't bet on it, but you should be able to install glibc2.2 in
another location safely, especially if you ensure it's only used for
that specific app (LD_LIBRARY_PATH is your friend).

It would help to know how the software to be installed is packaged and
whether or not you have the source. If you have the source, my first
thought would be to build a static binary.

-- 
Craig Ringer