[arch-general] Installing packages with different glibc

[Jan de Groot]

On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 04:53 -0400, Baho Utot wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 22:05 -0400, Daenyth Blank wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 19:45, Baho Utot<baho-utot at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> > > Does it create complications if I install packages built with a newer
> > > glibc-2.10.1-2 on a system with an older glibc-2.9-7?
> > >
> > > According to LFS they say if you chnage glibc you should rebuilt all the
> > > installed packages with the newer glibc.
> > >
> > > Does this hold true for Arch?
> > >
> > Any packages in a repo should be fine. Other than that, try it. If you
> > get errors, recompile :P
> 
> OH Yea try he says....
> 
> pacman -Syu 
> installing stuff
> shutdown -r now.......... broken desktop machine :P

What is the reason exactly for using glibc 2.9-7 instead of 2.10 btw?