RHL9 glibc update OK with vanilla kernel?

[Steve Snyder]

On Monday 14 November 2005 16:26, James Kosin wrote:
> Steve Snyder wrote:
> 
> >On Monday 14 November 2005 16:00, Jesse Keating wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 15:53 -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> >>
> >>>Are there any known compatibility problems with the current i686 glibc
> >>>packages (released yesterday) and a plain-vanilla 2.4.3x kernel? Any
> >>>loss of functionality or other Bad Stuff(tm)?
> >>>
> >>Unfortunately this isn't really part of our QA tests, so I don't think
> >>there is a yes or a no that could come from the Legacy Project itself.
> >>However a user may have already tried it...
> >
> >
> >Yeah, I figured the testing was done in a purely RedHat/Legacy
> >environment. I'm hoping another subscriber to the list is in a position
> >similar to mine.
> 
> I'd like to know why you think the kernel relies on the glibc version?
> What is it that has changed that effects the kernel.
>
>James Kosin
>(Running FC1 with generic 2.4.32 kernel)

My thinking is the other way around.  Not that glibc affects the kernel,
but that RedHat-vintage glibc expects services/functionality provided
by RedHat's patches to the 2.4.20 kernel.

I'd be even more concerned if running FC1, given RH's NPTL patches.
>From the above note, though, that seems not to be an issue.

Thanks for the response.