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CommunistPancake
Asked: 2012-03-22 17:07:03 +0800 CST

glibc 2.7 on CentOS 5.5?

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I'm trying to run a program that requires glibc 2.7, but I'm running it on CentOS 5.5. Is there any way to do this? I can't upgrade to CentOS 6.

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    Hmm. glibc 2.5 is a dependency on pretty much everything in CentOS5. If you change it to glibc 2.7, your box will explode.

    Here's some discussion over in the CentOS forums:

    https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=28345&forum=41

    https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=27133&forum=38

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  2. I ran into this issue a couple times, most recently while back using Snort. Attempting to upgrade to 2.7 will.definately blow up yourto box. I rendered my test system unbootable when I tried this previously. Your best bet is to upgrade if at all possible. Failing that many applications can be recompiled against glib 2.6. If you have to deal with a no install from source on your production infrastructure take a look at how to build RPMs. A lot of products either include a spec file or there is one publically available.

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