DO NOT do an arbitrary upgrade of glibc. You will likely screw up your
system so badly that you may not even be able to boot.
Speaking from experience here.
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Etienne Larrivee wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Ok I have the impression this is an easy one, but I'm stuck anyway. I
> am trying to install openssh-server-2.1.1p4-1.i386.rpm.
>
> [root@acolyte01 /root]# rpm -qa | grep ssh
> openssh-2.1.1p4-1
> [root@acolyte01 /root]# rpm -i openssh-server-2.1.1p4-1.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2) is needed by openssh-server-2.1.1p4-1
>
> So I start my adventure looking for glibc2.2. The latest version I find
> is 2.1.92. Well, ok, let's install it!
>
> [root@acolyte01 /root]# rpm -U ~kexkey/glibc-2.1.92-14.i686.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> rpm <= 4.0-0.65 conflicts with glibc-2.1.92-14
>
> Ok, I need rpm version 4. I currently have version 3.0.5 installed.
> Let's install it!
>
> [root@acolyte01 /root]# rpm -U ~kexkey/rpm-4.0-4.i386.rpm
> error: failed dependencies:
> glibc >= 2.1.92 is needed by rpm-4.0-4
>
> Hmmm... I could follow those instructions until death, but I am not
> interested. ;-) I don't want to mess all my system, I only want to
> install ssh2 server (and clients) on my system. What should I do?
>
> Thanks for your expertise,
> Etienne
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