Nicola Maggi wrote:
> Hello to everyone,
> Excuse me in advance if I'm asking here something about Scientific
> Linux CERN but I wasn't able to find any related mailing list for
> users who are outside CERN.

It the same as for users inside CERN: [log in to unmask]
(see on http://cern.ch/linux there is a link for subscription)

> I have a SL CERN 4.7 installed on a test machine, and I require to run
> some tests with a c++ library that requires glibc 2.5.
> My SL has installed this version of glibc packets:
> glibc                      2.3.4-2.41.el4_71
> glibc-common         2.3.4-2.41.el4_71
> glibc-devel              2.3.4-2.41.el4_71
> glibc-headers         2.3.4-2.41.el4_71
> glibc-kernheaders   2.3.4-2.41.el4_71
> 
> Could anyone help me update those packets?
> I've tryed yum-update glibc but it seems like the SL4 repository only
> contains those ones.

Generally speaking updating glibc to newer version
on a given distribution (like from 2.3.4 to 2.5)
is a non-trivial task: your distribution packages
rely on 2.3.4 version and may/will not function properly
if you upgrade it to 2.5:

If you need to test something that requires glibc 2.5
why don't you install SLC5 (or SL5) that contains it
instead ?

Best Regards

Jarek
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