needs updated glibc package version 3.4.15 or later for RHEL6

I want to upgrade my current running applications to latest version. But due to some package issue i am unable to install them. I get common error in that: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version ‘GLIBCXX_3.4.15’ not found. When i tried to update glibc package i get following output: [root@agastya ~]# yum install glibc Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin epel/metalink … Read more

Linux/glibc queries localhost for DNS even if no resolver is configured

Basically, with an empty resolv.conf (and no weird stuff configured like resolvconf, nscd…nothing at all, just a plain squeeze install), I see DNS queries to 127.0.0.1 port 53 when trying to resolve a name. Has that always been that way? /etc/nsswitch.conf has the typical “hosts: files dns” line. Answer I guess it’s libc’s default/ fallback … Read more

Apache errors – *** glibc detected *** Backtrace – perl

I have been getting these errors in my apache logs on my server – it only happened once a day or every two days. Any idea what could be causing this? I dont even have an idea of where to start? *** glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/httpd.worker: double free or corruption (!prev): 0xb10515f0 *** ======= Backtrace: … Read more

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 LTS Release: 10.04 Codename: lucid ldd (Ubuntu EGLIBC 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.7) 2.11.1 Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, … Read more

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 these files (along with ld-2.7.so) from similar but newer system (both are Slackware), and tried to invoke java with … Read more