Consequences of upgrading libc6 on oneiric

Question

I have a server running Ubuntu Oneiric 11.10, which I cannot upgrade.

I've followed instructions given here

to upgrade bash. However, I noticed that these commands also upgrade libc6 among with other libraries. If I'm correct with my understanding, libc6 is a shared library used by many programs, including apache and mysql.

My question: what are the consequences of running the newest libc6 on an older system? Are there any incompatibilities?

The only way to fully know the answer to this is to test it in a lab. — user9517, Oct 01 '14 at 12:16
And why can't you upgrade it? This has been out of support for _years_ and never should have been put in production anyway. — Michael Hampton, Oct 01 '14 at 12:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '14 at 14:02

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Don't do it, your best bet would be to compile from source. You (normally) should even be able use the source from the latest (or older) Ubuntu release ( http://packages.ubuntu.com/da/lucid/bash ) and compile it on your old system.

But upgrade, seriously, what are you going to do with the next vulnerability?

answered Oct 01 '14 at 14:02

dirk

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So you think `shellshocker.net/fixbash` would be a better way? – user246071 Oct 01 '14 at 14:40
You could, but then you're package information will no longer be correct because you updated this file outside apt/dpkg. – dirk Oct 03 '14 at 07:21

Consequences of upgrading libc6 on oneiric

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