Questions tagged [glibc]

The GNU C Library (glibc) is an implementation of the standard C library and POSIX API used in the majority of Linux operating systems.

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apache servers not sending data after glibc update

I have an apache download server that I recently performed a botched install of a new version of glibc on, and now I only get 'no data received' when attempting to retrieve files. Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (Unix) I'm running CentOS Linux 6.6,…
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Linux glibc versions 2.18 and older - vulnerability

Server: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.9 (Tikanga) I came to know that Linux GNU C Library (glibc) versions prior to 2.18 are vulnerable to remote code execution via a vulnerability in the gethostbyname function. Exploitation of this…
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red hat - glibc version too low for a lot of needed packages

I am running a Red Hat server with the following version: webtatic-release-6-5.noarch **redhat-release-server-6Server-6.6.0.2.el6.x86_64** epel-release-7-2.noarch rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el6.rf.i686 remi-release-6.5-1.el6.remi.noarch The problem…
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yum won't update my glibc packages

Is there any way to fix corrupted "yum"? This is what I got myself into by accidentally pressing ctrl+c while doing sudo yum update on an amazon linux EC2 instance $ sudo yum update Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper 2216…
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glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/httpd: free(): invalid pointer

One of my websites gives a lot of internal server errors. When I restart httpd they are gone for a while. But after some time they come back. And once or twice they have frozen the whole server/VPS. When I check the log files I come across these…
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glibc conundrum - how to undo partial upgrade?

My coworker was doing what should've been a straight-forward install of memcached this weekend on our Ubuntu 10.04.04 LTS server, but something went awry. I'm still trying to figure out the details, but I can tell you: $ /lib/libc.so.6 GNU C…
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installing Abbyy ocr server on Amazon -- incompatible GLIBC

I'm trying to run ABBYY server (version 10) in Amazon EC2 instance. At home, I realized that Abbyy requires a different (lower) GLIBC version than the one that comes with Ubuntu 12.04. It installed successfully on Ubuntu 11 or 10. But currently…
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Centos 5.9 glibc > 2.10

so I have a little problem. I have a piece of software that requires glibc (libstdc++.i686 is that needs glibc) (32 bit version) that is >= 2.10.90-7. The problem is, CentOS 5.9 only has glibc 2.5 or something like that... I have tried installing…
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Segmentation fault while running Java with old GLIBC

I am trying to run Java 1.7.0_21-b11 with GLIBC 2.3.6. Java 7 requires at least GLIBC 2.4. I've tried this solution, so using ldd, I've found the following dependencies: ld-2.7.so ld-linux.so.2 libc.so.6 libdl.so.2 libpthread.so.0 I've copied…
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can not install glibc-devel 'Requires: libnss_files.so.2' error

I'm using Linux 6.1 I need to install glibc-devel but it fails with this error. [root@server1 Packages]# yum install glibc-devel-2.12-1.25.el6.i686.rpm Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Examining…
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Built local glibc, broke system, how do I ssh without parsing the .bashrc?

The cluster I am on had really old build tools and I needed to use CUDA5. I'm a pretty clever dude and I planned on building the necissary tools. So, I built a local copy of gcc, bintools, and glibc. Everything a CUDA5 could want. All builds…
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Install Glibc2 using Yum

I'm trying to install glibc2 version 2.11 that's needed for openoffice 3.4 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119393 but i can't seem to find the dependency with yum. I already have the following dependencies installed. glibc.i686 …
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Glibc importance of error

I am following LFS 6.7, and I reached the point where I compile glibc-2.12.1 . I mounted the LFS partition with the atime option: here is a confirm on that I think: /dev/sdb1 on /mnt /lfs type ext4 (rw) I get the following errors on making the…
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What depends on glibc.i686 -- yum

yum is skipping certain packages because of glibc.i686. What I want to know is what is using glibc.i686 ( which I guess is the source of the failure ) ? sudo yum -y update --skip-broken [sudo] password for xxxxx: Loaded plugins:…
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How do I upgrade ubuntu eglibc from 2.11 to 2.12?

I m currently on Ubuntu 10.04 $ uname -a Linux dpn2 2.6.32-27-server #49-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 2 02:05:21 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ ldd --version $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1…
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