glibc versions
 

Hello all,

I have installed OpenSuse 10.3 (SLES 10 - more or less) on my system.

** When typing "uname -a", I get:
Linux simba 2.6.22.5-31-default @1 SMP 2007/09/21 22:29:00 UTC X86_64 X86_64 X86_64 GNU/LINUX


** When typing "zypper info glibc" I get the following:
Information on glibc:
Repository:
Name: glibc
Version: 2.6.1-18
Arch: x86_64
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 4.3M
Summary: Standard Shared libraries (from the GNU C Library)


** When I type "rpm -Uvh saplocales-2.4-1.x86_64.rpm", I get
error: failed dependencies:
/lib64/ld-2.4.so is needed by saplocales-2.4.1.x86_64

What does this mean? Do I have to downgrade my glibc in order to get the saplocales to install?


Basically, I saw the following in http://wiki.colar.net/isa_2004s:
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Sap locales (same note #171356):
From the note download the attachment
It is saved on /mnt/sapcd/sap_suse_addons

unzip it
install the extracted rpm:
rpm -ivh saplocales-xxx.rpm

WARNING this need to be reinstalled every time the kernel or glibc are modified (upgrade) !!!

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BUT ...

saplocales seems to cough when trying to use a glibc > 2.4.

Is there any way around this problem? Is there another way to run rpm so that it will use the latest glibc? Glibc 2.6 should stll be compatible with glibc 2.4 ...

Right???

TIA

Try to install the component with "rpm ----nodeps ...". This will not do any dependency check.

--Regards

Thanks for the response :)

Is it ~safe~ to take a higher version of glibc vs. a lower one? I mean when a program is screaming for glibc 2.4 and I have glibc 2.6, then it is still OK to install with glibc 2.6 - right?

If it doesn't work out, can I leave the glibc 2.6 and back out the "saplocales.rpm" setup above?

Best regards!