Is it not adviceable to upgrade glibc?

jing · 07-21-2004, 03:05 AM

When I tried to

Code:

rpm -ivh pvfs-1.6.0-1.i386.rpm

I got this error

Code:

error: failed dependencies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by pvfs-1.6.0-1

This means my libc needs an update, is that right?
Does anyone happens to know where I can get it?
And I've heard that upgrading glibc is going to cause a lot of problems, can a

like me do it?

Thanks in advance.

bahramH · 07-21-2004, 03:17 AM

Some of your other programs can rely on older version of glibc, and refuse to work after an update. I got this problem with Mathematica 4.1 and I had to install the older version in paralel.

But if you don't update, many new programs would not install. So I advise you to go ahead and give it a try.

jing · 07-21-2004, 03:20 AM

But I can't seems to find libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3), anyone happens to know where I can find it?

Thanks

Demonbane · 07-21-2004, 04:27 AM

unless your distro vendor provides an updated package, its not a good idea to upgrade it manually.