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Re: 7.2 for 2 CPU i686 (was Re: libc.so.6 with link time reference)
- To: Hava Lester <hava18(at-nospam)hadassah.org.il>
- Subject: Re: 7.2 for 2 CPU i686 (was Re: libc.so.6 with link time reference)
- From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir(at-nospam)technion.ac.il>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:22:39 +0200 (IST)
- Cc: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>, Linux-IL Mailing List <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Hava Lester wrote:
> Hi and thank you also to mulix and Nadav Har'El
>
> /etc/issue on my machine:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 7.0 (Guinness)
> Kernel 2.2.16-22smp on a 2-processor i686
>
> - so I've decided to upgrade the kernel (after reading through the
> "Upgrading the kernel in RH" thread) to 7.2 .
Actually the kernel is quite a seperate component. Upgrading glibc is a
seperate issue.
(Fortunetly you already have rpm 4.0, so this upgrade is not needed)
> There doesn't seem to be a version of 7.2 for i686 architechture on the
> huji ftp site (am I wrong?)
> so I've been rummaging around the internet. I came across a comment:
> "This package includes a SMP version of the Linux kernel. It is
> required only on machines with two or more CPUs,...."
> so it got me wondering: do I have to look for a different kind of
> kernel for my machine? I would have thought
> that the regular kernel could handle 2 CPUs as well??
Redhat has recently issued a kernel upgrade (to fix the lately discovered
local root exploit).
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-130.html
This will get you the latest kernel, and you do need this upgrade...
Hmmm...
Wasn't there a more up-to-date version of glibc on redhat's updates?
updates/7.0/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-18.7.0.i686.rpm
I suggest you read the advisories from
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh7-errata-general.html and follow
them.
Regards
--
Tzafrir Cohen
mailto:tzafrir@technion.ac.il
http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir
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