[tex-live] TL installer xz.x86_64 expects GLIB_C 2.6

[Zdenek Wagner]

2010/11/22 George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com>:
> $  uname -a
> Linux [..] 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Oct 29 14:21:16 EDT 2010
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $ tlmgr update --all
> tlmgr: package repository http://mirror.its.dal.ca/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
> tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2010/tlpkg/backups
> [1/42] auto-remove: acromake
> /usr/local/texlive/2010/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.x86_64-linux:
> /lib64/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.6' not found (required by
> /usr/local/texlive/2010/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.x86_64-linux)
>
Where exactly do you see the problem practically? I use CentOS on
x86_64 which is a RHEL based distro, glibc is 2.5.34 but tlmgr updates
TL without any problem, formats were rebuilt without any error. I have
only TL2010 pretest on my i386 notebook.

> $ strings xzdec.x86_64-linux | grep GLIB
> GLIBC_2.2.5
> $ strings xz.x86_64-linux | grep GLIB
> GLIBC_2.2.5
> GLIBC_2.6            <-------------- RHEL has GLIBC_2.5
> GLIBC_2.3
>
> I use the i386-linux binaries on this system, so it is the installer
> that is invoking the x86_64linux version of xz.  A
> workaround should be to replace the x86_64 version with the i386 versiion:
>
> $ strings xz.i386-linux | grep GLIB
> GLIBC_2.2
> GLIBC_2.0
> GLIBC_2.1
> GLIBC_2.3
>
> Since I just did an update, it isn't obvious how to test the backups
> without waiting for an update to appear.
>
> --
> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>



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