| Gavin W. Burris on 21 Aug 2015 11:26:29 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Need a supported distro with old glibc |
And RHEL / CentOS 6 has this package:
Name : compat-glibc
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 1
Version : 2.5
Release : 46.2
Size : 6.4 M
Repo : installed
>From repo : rhel-x86_64-server-6
Summary : Compatibility C library
License : LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
Description : This package contains stub shared libraries and static libraries
: from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
: To compile and link against these compatibility libraries, use
: gcc34 -I /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux5E/include \
: -B /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux5E/lib64/
: or
: gcc -fgnu89-inline \
: -I /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux5E/include \
: -B /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux5E/lib64/
Cheers.
On Fri 08/21/15 02:04PM -0400, Gavin W. Burris wrote:
> Hello, Greg.
>
> It looks like the current version of RHEL / CentOS 7.1 has this:
>
> Name : compat-glibc
> Arch : x86_64
> Epoch : 1
> Version : 2.12
> Release : 4.el7
> Size : 6.7 M
> Repo : installed
> From repo : rhel-x86_64-server-7
> Summary : Compatibility C library
> URL : http://sources.redhat.com/glibc/
> License : LGPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ with exceptions and GPLv2+
> Description : This package contains stub shared libraries and static libraries
> : from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
> :
> : To compile and link against these compatibility libraries, use
> : gcc -fgnu89-inline \
> : -I /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux6E/include \
> : -B /usr/lib/x86_64-redhat-linux6E/lib64/
>
> Cheers.
>
> On Thu 08/20/15 01:54PM -0400, Greg Helledy wrote:
> > We're getting a new payroll/timesheet system and it requires a glibc no
> > newer than 2.11. The company says any distro is fine as long as that
> > criterion is met.
> >
> > As I've looked into it, that's quite old...distributions that included glibc
> > 2.11 were released around 2010. None of these are likely to be getting
> > updates anymore.
> >
> > The exceptions appear to be RHEL 5 / CentOS 5, released in 2014 with glibc
> > 2.5. However, support for those is scheduled to end in March 2017
> > (according to wikipedia).
> >
> > Am I missing something here? Why would a company have their flagship
> > product not installable on an OS with a lifespan longer than 20 months?
> >
> > I'm waiting for a response from tech support but wondering whether I'm
> > missing something--do some distros support more than one glibc version at
> > the same time? Is there some other way around this issue, so I can use this
> > product and not have to install again that soon? The alternative is to go
> > pay for a Windows server machine--Server 2008 is supported until 2020.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Greg Helledy
> > GRA, Incorporated
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> > F: +1 215-884-1385
> > www.gra.aero
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> Gavin W. Burris
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> The Wharton School
> University of Pennsylvania
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University of Pennsylvania
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