Glibc 2.14 needed

[paul18]

Dear All

For some softs, glibc-2.14 lib is required whereas the 2.12 is installed on the latest CentOs 6.4; do we have any idea about its upgrade to a more recent release ?

Additional question: is it possible (even relevant) to compile the latest glibc-2.18 without any interference ?

Thanks

Paul

[tigalch]

Hello and welcome to the fora.

I wouldn't count on seeing something other then 2.12 on C6, as this version of glibc is very very likely the one which will stay for the lifetime of C6.

[YBellefeuille]

I would strongly discourage you from replacing something as central as glibc2.

The FAQ says:

[quote]
22. Where can I get the latest version of XyZ.rpm for CentOS? I cannot find it anywhere.

CentOS is an Enterprise-class operating system and as such is more about stability and long-term support than cutting edge. Major package versions are retained throughout the life cycle of the product. This is generally what Enterprise wants and affords developers a stable base on which to develop without fear that bespoke applications will break every time something gets upgraded to the latest and greatest, but ultimately buggy version or the API changes breaking backwards compatibility.

So no, you will generally NOT find the very latest versions of various packages included in an Enterprise-class operating system such as CentOS. It's a feature not a deficiency. [/quote]

If you need the very latest versions, CentOS is probably not the right distribution for you.

[paul18]

[quote]
If you need the very latest versions, CentOS is probably not the right distribution for you.
[/quote]

Thanks first for that replies ... I've been using CentOS for more than 2 years for professional purposes and I'm completely happy with; I'm using it for both commercial and open sources softs.

For the nightly release of a specific soft I absolutly need, glibc-2.14 is requested ... hence my problem

Paul

[toracat]

As others have already said, glibc is core part of the operating system. So, even if you managed to get a newer version in (unlikely to be feasible), the OS can no longer be regarded as 'CentOS'.

[paul18]

somebody has advised me to use "module" for such kind of issue : [url=http://modules.sourceforge.net/]Modules[/url]

does somebody have any feedback on it ?

Paul

[YBellefeuille]

This sounds similar to Red Hat's [b]alternatives[/b] (man alternatives).

[simon_matthews]

"modules" isn't going to solve a dependency on Glibc 2.14.

Are you sure the application needs glibc 2.14? Did you try it?

[TrevorH]

The answer to this is to recompile the application on CentOS so it doesn't require glibc 2.14. Installing 2.14+ on CentOS 6 will just break [u]everything[/u] so do not do it.

[kkumax]

# rpm -Uvh glibc-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-common-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-common-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-devel-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-devel-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-headers-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-headers-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-static-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-static-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm glibc-utils-2.16-34.el6.i686.rpm glibc-utils-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm nscd-2.16-34.el6.x86_64.rpm gd-2.0.35-11.el6.i686.rpm libXpm-3.5.10-2.el6.i686.rpm
警告: libXpm-3.5.10-2.el6.i686.rpm: ヘッダ V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 192a7d7d: NOKEY
エラー: 依存性の欠如:
systemd-units は nscd-2.16-34.el6.x86_64 に必要とされています

I am sorry !!