On 5/19/07, John Zoidberg <the.real.doctor.zoidberg@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm running a Debian system with glibc6 2.3, but I'm "stuck" (i.e. I'm unable to install TeX and friends) unless I upgrade to glibc 2.5. This would be no problem if I didn't have to run commercial software (including a cross compiling toolchain) that was dinamically linked to glibc 2.3. I could try upgrading, but if I lock myself (i.e. become unable to run the commercial software), I don't know how to revert to glibc 2.3. So, does all the software linked to 2.3 also works with 2.5?
Use debootstrap to make a chroot, and run your commercial software in the chroot. Cheers, Carlos.