RPM Upgrade

[Andreas Metzler]

David Relson wrote:
>> Wouldn't the binaries be humungous?  If I link bogofilter statically on
>> linux/glibc-2.2.5 I get a size of 3,675,399 bytes.  Stripped, it's
>> still 1,273,468.  That compares with 245,376 for the dynamically-linked
>> version.

> I agree.  Their size and attendant load time are two good reasons not to 
> use static linking.  However linking with glibc-2.3 creates problems for 
> people with glibc-2.2.  I _could_ create a bogofilter-static-0.13.0.
 
> As indicated, I'd prefer a solution that allows me to dynamically link 
> against the older glibc.  The question is _how_ to do this.

Sorry, I missed the beginning ot the thread, but I assume the problem
is that somebody using RedHatXX wants to generate packages for
RedHat(XX-2)?

I'd suggest doing a minimal install of the old version in separate
partition, move its content to /old/rh(XX-2) and use
chroot /old/rh(XX-2)
to build packages for the old system.
                 cu andreas