Re: [SLE] libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) and SuSE 8.1

Jesse Shaver [Sun, 13 Apr 2003 08:53:09 -0700]:

1) Can i safely upgrade from 2.2.5 to 2.3

No. There are certain things like statically linked binaries that'll break. Upgrading glibc is by far more risky then updating the kernel.

3) can i find a SuSE package to install

Nope.

is there anything else i should know before upgrading.

Get the source RPM and recompile it. That way you'll have a package that doesn't depend on the newer glibc. Alternatively use SuSE Linux 8.2 which uses glibc 2.3.1. cheers Philipp -- Philipp Thomas work: pthomas@suse.de private: pth@t-link.de