Upgrading glibc in SLES 11

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SLES Configure-Administer
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Hi all,

We have SLES 11 (x86_64) patch = 3.

We have a requirement to install an application which links glibc-2.15.

Is it safe to upgrade glibc to 2-15 ? What’s the procedure to follow ? Will there be any backward compatibility issues ?

Thanks
Priyanka

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pcperera Wrote in message:
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We have SLES 11 (x86_64) patch = 3.

We have a requirement to install an application which links glibc-2.15.

Is it safe to upgrade glibc to 2-15 ? What’s the procedure to follow ?
Will there be any backward compatibility issues ?[/color]

Firstly note that SLES11 SP3 is now out of support with SLES11 SP4
the latest release of SLES11 available.

However both SLES11 SP3 and SP4 include glibc-2.11. If you want
glibc >= 2.15 you should upgrade to SLES12 with SLES12 SP3 being
the latest SLES12 available. You will have problems if you try to
upgrade glibc in SLES11 SP3 to a version later than is available
from SUSE.

HTH.

Simon Flood
SUSE Knowledge Partner

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