Isaac Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to install glibc 2.2 from an RPM using rpm -i --force. > > Reason: to be able to install software pre-compiled for RH7.X (where glibc is > the only dep that doesn't match). > > Does anyone know what (bad) implications might be?
It does not sound like a good idea. Why would you want to do this? AFAIK, Red Hat are still supporting 6.2, and provide updates for all relevant errata for 6.2. With third-party software you are more or less on your own anyway as far as dependencies are concerned (at least I don't think there are any guarantees). Frequently, glibc is not enough in such cases - all sorts of shared libs might be not matching. And if you install a different version of glibc the software compiled for you native platform may start complaining, because it won't find the expected version of the libc.so or something. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If it aint't broken it hasn't got enough features yet. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
