Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Carl Fink wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:50:36AM +0100, Brian wrote: >>> On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 19:00:33 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >>> Never mind, I just checked and Sid is also running 2.13. Apparent

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 10 sep 12, 09:06:56, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > I can't speak for others, but if I really needed a newer glibc that > bad, I wold probably add Ubuntu to my sources.list, and make > a hybrid. For glibc, you might end up pulling in a lot of packages... > > Later, when Debian gets it you can ro

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:50:36AM +0100, Brian wrote: >> On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 19:00:33 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >> >> > Never mind, I just checked and Sid is also running 2.13. Apparently I'd >> > have >> > to use ANOTHER DISTRO to get a glibc l

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:00:33 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 05:12:35PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >> Some non-packaged software, e.g. the BOINC client, requires a >> relatively recent version of glibc. There always be some package that requires some version for some library. This

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 09:27:00AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 21:23:16 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:50:36AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > > > Maybe first read the thread starting at > > > > > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/07/msg00466.h

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-10 Thread Brian
On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 21:23:16 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:50:36AM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > Maybe first read the thread starting at > > > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/07/msg00466.html > > A thread in which someone says the only way to proceed is to

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:50:36AM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 19:00:33 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > Never mind, I just checked and Sid is also running 2.13. Apparently I'd have > > to use ANOTHER DISTRO to get a glibc less than 18 months old. > > > > Really? > > > > Developers:

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-09 Thread Robert Wall
On 09/09/2012 02:12 PM, Carl Fink wrote: > Some non-packaged software, e.g. the BOINC client, requires a relatively > recent version of glibc. BOINC 7.0.27 migrated to wheezy about a month ago (and is thus listed on http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=boinc ). Before then, I was using the p

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-09 Thread Brian
On Sun 09 Sep 2012 at 19:00:33 -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Never mind, I just checked and Sid is also running 2.13. Apparently I'd have > to use ANOTHER DISTRO to get a glibc less than 18 months old. > > Really? > > Developers: really? > > I gauess the only way to get an answer to the above rheto

Re: glibc version in Wheezy--any way to use 2.15?

2012-09-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Sep 09, 2012 at 05:12:35PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Some non-packaged software, e.g. the BOINC client, requires a relatively > recent version of glibc. > > Wheezy, the latest non-unstable version of Debian, is stuck at 2.13, > released 1.5 years ago, and since it is frozen there won't be

Re: glibc version

2001-08-23 Thread Bruce Best \(CRO\)
>> I want to install Oracle 8i on my woody box. >> The Oracle installation requires glibc 2.1.3 version. >> I was looking for glibc package, but i didn't found >> it. >> The only package that names glibc is libstdc++ >> >> What package should I install to satisfy the glibc >> 2.1.3 >> requirement?

Re: glibc version

2001-08-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 11:01:12PM -0700, John L. Fjellstad wrote: > Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using > Woody (glibc 2.2), and need support for glibc2.1? > I know you can do both libc5 and libc6 (glibc2.x), but can you do > different versions of glibc? My unders

Re: glibc version

2001-08-22 Thread John L. Fjellstad
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:56:58PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > but anyway...your answers: > glibc == libc6 > Woody meets that requirement. > You might need libc6-dev too for headers and such. Are there different versions of libc available? What if you are using Woody (glibc 2.2), and need suppo

Re: glibc version

2001-08-21 Thread Greg Madden
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 04:28 pm, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: > Hi all. > > I want to install Oracle 8i on my woody box. > The Oracle installation requires glibc 2.1.3 version. > I was looking for glibc package, but i didn't found > it. > The only package that names glibc is libstdc++ > > What packag

Re: glibc version

2001-08-21 Thread dman
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:56:58PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: | You might need libc6-dev too for headers and such. Not likely -- I doubt Oracle gave him the source :-). -D

Re: glibc version

2001-08-21 Thread Jason Majors
RMS would be very disappointed if he knew you wanted to install Oracle... but anyway...your answers: glibc == libc6 Woody meets that requirement. You might need libc6-dev too for headers and such. On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:28:25PM -0700, Eduardo Gargiulo scribbled... > Hi all. > > I want to

Re: glibc version

2001-08-21 Thread dman
On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 05:28:25PM -0700, Eduardo Gargiulo wrote: | Hi all. | | I want to install Oracle 8i on my woody box. | The Oracle installation requires glibc 2.1.3 version. | I was looking for glibc package, but i didn't found | it. | The only package that names glibc is libstdc++ It's ca