On 03/27/2014 04:52 AM, Hersh Parikh wrote: > Hi Alexnder, > > Thanks for the info. I know its quite old but I cant update as its running with cluster suite and its a production unit. Moreover its not feasible to upgrade as I have hundreds for apps and data lying on the system. Backing all of this not very continent. > > Regards > Hersh Then let's hope that none of you machines touch the internet in any way. Staying on any version of CentOS except the latest in a branch is not safe. CentOS-5.10 is CentOS-5.4 with just bugfix and security updates. CentOS-5 is safe, CentOS-5.10 is safe. CentOS-5.4 is unsafe. For the record, there are more than 300 security updates released, dozens of them rated as Critical after 5.4 in the CentOS-5 tree (currently 5.10). Critical means remotely exploitable. Updates within a branch (that is, updates that stay on the CentOS-5 family in this case) SHOULD work and not break things. Obviously bugs happen and sometimes things do not work ... that should be the exception, not the rule. It is imperative that people install security updates, otherwise it is not a question of if, but when their machines will be exploited. > > > > On Thursday, 27 March 2014 1:30 PM, Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Am 27.03.2014 06:22, schrieb Hersh Parikh: >> Hi Frank, >> >> Thanks for quick response. Does it mean that I cant have glib 2.7 on centos 5.4? > Right, you can't. If you install a different glibc than the one provided > by CentOS 5, then your system will be completely broken. The glibc is a > very important and central library set for the system. > >> Regards >> Hersh > Btw. CentOS 5.4 is outdated, vulnerable and the current release is 5.10. > Please update. > > Alexander
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