On Samstag 01 Mai 2010, Graham Murray wrote: > Kraus Philipp <philipp.kr...@flashpixx.de> writes: > > Hello, > > > > I must test a software with a older version of the glibc. I run the > > 2.11.1 now but for one tool I need a previous version (2.6.1). > > How can I compile the glibc without changing my system glibc. I would > > like to set the previous glibc with the LD_PATH. > > Can I run two different versions or is a better solution to downgrade > > the system glib? > > I think that the only way you can do this is to create a chroot jail, > in which you build everything using the old version of glibc (in a very > similar way to building a new Gentoo system) and run your application in > that.
no, you can install glibc in /usr/local and then tell apps to either use the libs in /usr/local or /usr. It is just not easy because it easily breaks stuff in horrrible to fix ways.
