newer glibc in older distributions

[Ed Wilts]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:34:01AM +0100, Honza Valenta wrote:
> is it possible to use newer versions of glibc found in new distributions
> of fedora in older redhat linux releases? What are the possible
> pitfalls?

Possible, yes.  However, if you have to ask, it's unlikely that you can
make it work.  There are a *LOT* of dependencies on the right version of
glibc, and unless you really, really know what you're doing, you're
going to be spending some time in rescue mode trying to boot your
system, and then spending a lot of time trying to debug which
applications work and which you broke.

In short, it's far easier to upgrade your system to a version that has
the glibc you need than it is to upgrade glibc and fix the apps.

What specific problem are you trying to solve?

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Ed Wilts, RHCE
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