Re: [SLUG] RedHad versions ...
Head on over to http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat That should tell you all you need to know about all (most of) the Red Hat versions' packages. -Mike Jonathan Kelly wrote: Hi all, I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) Cann't find anything on redhat. Anyone know where I can find this info, or someone who knows? Cheers. Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] RedHad versions ...
Hi all, I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) Cann't find anything on redhat. Anyone know where I can find this info, or someone who knows? Cheers. Jonathan. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] RedHad versions ...
I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) jeez that'll be difficult, RH is built on released software plus a squillion patches, there kernel, xfree glibc and compilers are heavily enough patches.. You can just look at the nemas of the RPMS/SRPMS for the package for the distrib you want so for RH 8.0 kernel-2.4.18-14.i686.rpm glibc-2.2.93-5.i386.rpm gcc-3.2-7.i386.rpm binutils-2.13.90.0.2-2.i386.rpm XFree86-libs-4.2.0-72.i386.rpm etc, but these packages probably contain bugfixes over and above released versions, I doubt they contain any incompatibilities.. Dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- David Airlie, Software Engineer http://www.skynet.ie/~airlied / [EMAIL PROTECTED] pam_smb / Linux DecStation / Linux VAX / ILUG person -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] RedHad versions ...
On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 11:07:11AM +1000, Jonathan Kelly wrote: Hi all, I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) Cann't find anything on redhat. Anyone know where I can find this info, or someone who knows? www.redhat.com ? ?! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] RedHad versions ...
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 11:07:11AM +1000, Jonathan Kelly wrote: Hi all, I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) Check any Red Hat mirror for a listing of the packages included. IIRC, the short answer is kernel 2.2, xfree 4.x, glibc 2.2 and a customised GCC, 2.96 RH. See: http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_gcc.html for the (many) reasons why. Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] RedHad versions ...
I want to run some software that is only certified for RedHat, but would prefer not to use that, so need to find out what RedHat 7.3 (or 8) actually is, like what versions is it using eg. kernel, xfree, glibc ... and what what it's compiled with (gcc-2.95 or gcc-3.?) If the software interacts with the kernel (e.g.: it includes kernel modules) it may be more complicated that just matching versions; you may need to install the RedHat kernel source code, and build yourself a kernel using it before the modules will load. This is by no means impossible, but it's not exactly trivial either. There may also be problems caused by the differing layouts for directories and so on; again that depends on what the software is, and also how different the distribution of Linux you are using is. - Doug (ob-disclaimer: these are my opinions, not compant opinions, etc etc) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
