GLIBC-2.3 on RH 7.3?!

[Stremik]

Hi.
I'm having a problem installing Cinepaint.
In Cinepaint's docs it's mentioned that I will need a GLIBC-2.3
to be able to install and run the program. So, I went to "rpmfind"
and there couldn't find required librarie for RH 7.3 (that's the distro I'm running).
Only GLIBC-2.2
Does this mean that there will be no Cinepaint for me?
Thank you!

Vladimir

[hard candy]

I can mail you a newer RedHat version or Fedora if you'd like- or another distro like Mepis. A lot of your problems would be solved. And how about using apt-get for installing rpm's- it would be easier. PM me with your address if you want me to mail you a disk.
You could look on freshrpms.net and see if the rpm is available.

[posterboy]

Actually, there's a fairly simple way to overcome these issues, and have as many glibc's on the box as you like. This is widely documented in various places on the web. I have 3 different glibc's on this RH9 box. The trick is to start the app with a script that points, using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to where the desired library is located. I learned this when Compupic wouldn't run, and it has been very handy. The extra libraries MUST be in an out-of-the way place, so they are not seen by normal apps. HTH, Ray