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Re: [ts-7000] Can glibc be upgraded without affecting the kernel?

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Can glibc be upgraded without affecting the kernel?
From: Jason Stahls <>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:38:09 -0500
Blair wrote:
> The version of glibc that's in the TS toolchains and distros is too old for 
> the inotify calls.  2.5 or later is needed.  Can a more recent version be 
> installed without breaking the kernel or does the kernel have to be compiled 
> against the later version?

The kernel and the entire system would have to be recompiled with the 
newer glibc, the hardest part would be getting a compiler/glibc/kernel 
combination that works.

-- 
Jason Stahls


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