Hi All,
We have received an update from Redhat to upgrade glibc to 2.5-81.el5_8.7. They have provided src.rpm package. When I try to build it to a rpm it asked to dependencies.
rpmbuild -bp glibc.spec
error: Failed build dependencies:
gd-devel is needed by glibc-2.5-81.7.x86_64
audit-libs-devel >= 1.1.3 is needed by glibc-2.5-81.7.x86_64
systemtap-sdt-devel is needed by glibc-2.5-81.7.x86_64

But I go and download gd-devel, further dependencies are asked.

Now I have downloaded glibc-2.5-81.x86_64.rpm and glibc-common-2.5-81.x86_64.rpm. If I run rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2.5-81.x86_64.rpm, I get
rpm -Uvh glibc-common-2.5-81.x86_64.rpm
warning: glibc-common-2.5-81.x86_64.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e8562897
error: Failed dependencies:
glibc-common = 2.5-58 is needed by (installed) glibc-2.5-58.x86_64
glibc-common = 2.5-58 is needed by (installed) glibc-2.5-58.i686
But glibc-common is already installed
#rpm -q glibc-common
glibc-common-2.5-58


What is the best way to upgrade glibc.

do you REALLY and i mean REALLY need to change that ??????

you say that red hat is having YOU change out the current version of glibc on your system
and doing it by using a SOURCE RPM?????? ( very very very odd indeed )

so BEFORE you royally mess up your system .To the point that reinstalling from your last known GOOD back up is by far the easiest way to fix it

WHY is red hat tech support having you use a src rpm to change out the version of glibc ?????

I would contact your paid for support that is having you do this and ask WHY
then
ask them HOW to do it

Actually its not only with glibc. They have asked for glibc, kernel, adobe-flash, tetex packages. Its for bug fixing and security reasons. Will check with them again