On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Jaroslaw Polok <[email protected]> wrote: > Nicola Maggi wrote: >> >> Hello to everyone, >> Excuse me in advance if I'm asking here something about Scientific >> Linux CERN but I wasn't able to find any related mailing list for >> users who are outside CERN. > > It the same as for users inside CERN: [email protected] > (see on http://cern.ch/linux there is a link for subscription)
Thank you Jarek.. I think I will check there too. >> I have a SL CERN 4.7 installed on a test machine, and I require to run >> some tests with a c++ library that requires glibc 2.5. >> My SL has installed this version of glibc packets: >> glibc 2.3.4-2.41.el4_71 >> glibc-common 2.3.4-2.41.el4_71 >> glibc-devel 2.3.4-2.41.el4_71 >> glibc-headers 2.3.4-2.41.el4_71 >> glibc-kernheaders 2.3.4-2.41.el4_71 >> >> Could anyone help me update those packets? >> I've tryed yum-update glibc but it seems like the SL4 repository only >> contains those ones. > > Generally speaking updating glibc to newer version > on a given distribution (like from 2.3.4 to 2.5) > is a non-trivial task: your distribution packages > rely on 2.3.4 version and may/will not function properly > if you upgrade it to 2.5: > > If you need to test something that requires glibc 2.5 > why don't you install SLC5 (or SL5) that contains it > instead ? > > Best Regards > > Jarek > __ > ------------------------------------------------------- > _ Jaroslaw_Polok ___________________ CERN - IT/FIO/LA _ > _ http://home.cern.ch/~jpolok ___ tel_+41_22_767_1834 _ > _____________________________________ +41_78_792_0795 _ > > I have other software that is designed for SLC4 which won't be easy to recompile/build on SLC5. I said I need to test something, but after testing I should include it to work with the software I said before. I read somewere around that it would be possible to build glibc-2.5 in a separate folder and don't let my system use it,just some application?Have you or someone else some info or any hints about were to start searching? Thank you in advance, Nicola
