CentOS - Aug 2016 - I need glibc 2.19+ for 32 bit CentOS 6.8 or CentOS7

On 08/24/2016 07:53 PM, Peter wrote:
> On 25/08/16 13:21, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> To all...yes I meant glibc, not glib. Target environment -- could be
any
>> version of Linux. This is for Apache OpenOffice. The buildbots
we've been
>> using are being decommisioned due to EOL. As a developer on that
project, I
>> need to be able to test and use the builds. We'll be moving to a
Ubuntu 14
>> environment, which is spec'd at glibc 2.19 near as I can determine.
So a
>> long story.  We will not be building for targeted environments.
> 
> Well, at the end of the day, if you're trying to build for multiple
> environments then you really need to build to the lowest common
> denominator.  What you seem to want is just the opposite, so short story
> is that it's bad planning to build to such a new version of glibc.
> You're not going to get around this, it just won't work.
> 
> 
> Peter
Copy that. I do realize the sane thing to do is to have the builbots --
smoketest environments -- match the production environment, which
currently is spec'd at CentOS 5.x. Unfortunately, I don't have direct
control over some of this. <sigh>


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On 08/25/2016 09:49 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> I do realize the sane thing to do is to have the builbots --
> smoketest environments -- match the production environment

I think the sane thing to do would be to use buildbots that support LSB:

http://www.ludism.org/~rwhe/LSB/tutorial/tut.html

Am 25.08.2016 um 19:44 schrieb Gordon Messmer:
> On 08/25/2016 09:49 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> I do realize the sane thing to do is to have the builbots --
>> smoketest environments -- match the production environment
>
>
> I think the sane thing to do would be to use buildbots that support LSB:
>
> http://www.ludism.org/~rwhe/LSB/tutorial/tut.html
These days you would use container technology to achieve that, docker 
i.e., with fitting images.

Alexander

On 08/25/2016 10:44 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> On 08/25/2016 09:49 AM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>> I do realize the sane thing to do is to have the builbots --
>> smoketest environments -- match the production environment
> 
> 
> I think the sane thing to do would be to use buildbots that support LSB:
> 
> http://www.ludism.org/~rwhe/LSB/tutorial/tut.html
Great resource! Thanks...


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