Nicola Maggi wrote:
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
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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
Google Glibc 2 Howto. It has information on installing in a test
directory and how to compile programs against it. I've never tried it
so that's the only advice I can offer.
Chris
