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Hi,

Thanks for your input,
Yes, I am using the IBM package, you're right.

I was tossing up whether to upgrade the kernel and
install glibc2.0,
but will that impact on other stuff that I have on my system?

I don't have a lot of applications that I use on the linux box,
I use it mainly for textprocessing with vi. I do have X installed with
an fvwm windows manager and I am running SAMBA.
I have a network with 3 windows98 machines and 2 linux boxes.

If upgrading to glibc2.0 does impact on the rest of the system, I
might have to consider your suggestion or upgrade the complete system
(actually I don't have another $65 for a Redhat CD at the moment). I
thought I might try a different distributor as I feel that Redhat are
becoming a bit too commercial for my liking. I was thinking Caldera,
what do you think?

L


"moz" <moz@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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>
> Hello,
>
> I run the Sun jdk_v117a on Redhat 5.2, kernel 2.0.36 which also used
to
> run on redhat 5.1(2.0.34). I have has no problems with this (except
its
> slow). I know that the IBM jdk requires libc6(glibc 2), thus only
runs
> on Redhat 6.0+, I am pretty sure that this is the case with the
> Blackdown 2.0+ jdk's as well.
>
> Ok the reason for all these library problems is the switch from
libc5 to
> glibc2.0. This makes binaries from Redhat 5.2- incompatible with
Redhat
> 6.0+. (If your using RedHat 5.0 you probably know most of the
details,
> but it was probably linux's biggest blunder).
>
> So you either have to get the sun jdk (If you can't find it I have a
> copy, try rufus.w3.org and look for libc5 contribs for RedHat) or
> upgrade to a Linux system that uses glibc 2.0. (I think all of the
> recent ones are).
>
> Hope this helps
>
> Moz
> PS I assume you are using the IBM compiler and interpreter?
>