> On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 09:34:01AM +0100, Honza Valenta wrote: > > is it possible to use newer versions of glibc found in new distributions > > of fedora in older redhat linux releases? What are the possible > > pitfalls? > > Possible, yes. However, if you have to ask, it's unlikely that you can > make it work. There are a *LOT* of dependencies on the right version of > glibc, and unless you really, really know what you're doing, you're > going to be spending some time in rescue mode trying to boot your > system, and then spending a lot of time trying to debug which > applications work and which you broke. > > In short, it's far easier to upgrade your system to a version that has > the glibc you need than it is to upgrade glibc and fix the apps. > > What specific problem are you trying to solve? > I've tried to install OpenOffice in rh7.3. New versions of OO requieres glibc at least 2.3.3 while in rh7.3 there is glibc 2.3.2 and OO refused to install.
