| Doug Stewart on 21 Aug 2015 10:27:40 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Need a supported distro with old glibc |
Anything that hasn't been EOL'd by RedHat receives back ports for security fixes. If your distro is still supported, RH will patch it (that's ostensibly one of the benefits paying for RHN access). -- Doug Stewart > On Aug 21, 2015, at 12:48 PM, Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com> wrote: > > Good question. > > I certainly wouldn't have wanted a hacked solution with two glibcs. But RHEL packages things this way and the software vendor essentially requires this solution. I can only hope it has been thought through by the people more knowledgeable than I. > > Greg > > >> On 8/21/2015 8:24 AM, plug-request@lists.phillylinux.org wrote: >> I suppose the obvious question is whether you now have a relatively-patched >> RHEL system running with a relatively-unpatched glibc installed (against >> which your new application is happily dynamically linked)? >> >> -MJ > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug