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

Hello all--

Due to a proposed changeover to build machines for a project I'm
involved with, I need at least glib 2.19. Right now I have glib 2.12,
and even on CentOS7-32 bit, what I see is glib 2.14. Is a higher glib
available anywhere that might work with my current 6.8. I see I can
download it from SourceForge but I am wondering what the results might me.

I really like CentOS and would hate to change distros at this point,
but, well, it might come to that. :(

Any advice truly appreciated.

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On 8/24/2016 4:22 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> Due to a proposed changeover to build machines for a project I'm
> involved with, I need at least glib 2.19. Right now I have glib 2.12,
> and even on CentOS7-32 bit, what I see is glib 2.14. Is a higher glib
> available anywhere that might work with my current 6.8. I see I can
> download it from SourceForge but I am wondering what the results might me.
whats the target OS for the builds from these build machines ?

to change the default libc would require rebuilding (and retesting) the 
whole OS.



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On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:44 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>
wrote:
> On 8/24/2016 4:22 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>>
>> Due to a proposed changeover to build machines for a project I'm
>> involved with, I need at least glib 2.19. Right now I have glib 2.12,
>> and even on CentOS7-32 bit, what I see is glib 2.14. Is a higher glib
>> available anywhere that might work with my current 6.8. I see I can
>> download it from SourceForge but I am wondering what the results might
me.
>
>
> whats the target OS for the builds from these build machines ?
>
> to change the default libc would require rebuilding (and retesting) the
> whole OS.
I believe glib is just the Gnome utility libraries, unlike glibc which
has the core C runtime libraries.  Upgrading glib is probably less
dire, though it


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On 08/24/2016 04:22 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
> Due to a proposed changeover to build machines for a project I'm
> involved with, I need at least glib 2.19.
Do you know why?  As in, what features or fixes are required?  If not, I 
think John's question is pertinent.  If you're building a binaries to 
distribute, your best bet might actually be to produce multiple builds 
targeting specific Linux distributions. Alternately, some specific LSB 
release (none of which, as far as I can tell, require glibc 2.19+).
> Right now I have glib 2.12,
> and even on CentOS7-32 bit, what I see is glib 2.14.
CentOS 7 is built on glibc 2.17.

Also, minor correction: "glib" is the name of a different library than
glibc.

On Aug 24, 2016 5:05 PM, "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer at
gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/24/2016 04:22 PM, Kay Schenk wrote:
>>
>> Due to a proposed changeover to build machines for a project I'm
>> involved with, I need at least glib 2.19.
>
>
> Do you know why?  As in, what features or fixes are required?  If not, I
think John's question is pertinent.  If you're building a binaries to
distribute, your best bet might actually be to produce multiple builds
targeting specific Linux distributions. Alternately, some specific LSB
release (none of which, as far as I can tell, require glibc 2.19+).

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.

Write after I wrote this, I thought maybe I could get a zip of what I
needed and just install it without overwriting my setup. Then set an env
variable to run the generated build.

Thanks for the responses.
>
>
>> Right now I have glib 2.12,
>> and even on CentOS7-32 bit, what I see is glib 2.14.
>
>
> CentOS 7 is built on glibc 2.17.
>
> Also, minor correction: "glib" is the name of a different library
than
glibc.
>
>
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