如何在Linux系统中找到可以安装哪个版本的glibc

Question

I'm trying to update glibc 2.19-r1 to newer version 2.23-r1 in order to overcome some security vulnerabilities. I generated a new binary package (tbz2) using Gentoo system, but now I'm having problems with installing it to my system.

my question is: How can I know if there is anther feature/application that also needs to be updated? Which dependencies does glibc has?

Thank you, Sami

Answer 1

Which dependencies does glibc has?

It doesn't have any .

When configured, it may require a minimal kernel version on which it would run. Usually it supports kernels that are newer than at least 5 years; on x86 often much older kernels are also supported.

To build it, you also need sufficiently recent versions of gcc , make and some other tools (but these dependencies don't transitively apply to the system on which you want to install it).