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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