[H-GEN] Needing glib 2.3 on an old RH 7.3 server

[Arjen Lentz]

Hi Ronald,

Ronald Bradford wrote:
> I have a production dedicate hosted server running RedHat 7.3 But now I 
> need glib 2.3 for the lastest MySQL versions, and it seems that this 
> clearly past the end of life for 7.3

Ehm, just grab different RPMs, not the ones with -glibc2.3 in the name, 
as those as dynamically linked. The others are statically linked and 
should be ok even on your old system.


> Could anybody offer advice or assistance for getting my 7.3 install to 
> 9.  Seems a bit patchy the information I've found on the web.

RH9 was fairly evil, I wouldn't recommend it. And ancient anyway.
Better go to FC4 then.


Regards,
Arjen.
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