Filepro 4.8 and Linux kernel 2.6

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With neither thought nor caution, Kenneth Brody blurted:
> Yes, I believe the problem was that they somehow managed to break
> compatibility with statically linked binaries (like filePro) by making
> a change to the glibc interface.  This is something that static linking
> is supposed to avoid.  As I recall, Ryan tracked it down to something
> which is called by something which is called (...) by the getpwnam()
> function.  Apparently, somewhere down the line, the static library
> calls a dynamic library, and the interface to the dynamic library had
> been changed.

Yes.  The getpwnam() call triggers the calls out to one of the nss
libraries for something.  Or it's -in- the actual nss libraries, one of the
two.  You have the right function though.

> Assuming that that's the cause of the problem here, then the only real
> options are to either go back to RH8 (or some other compatible release),
> or to upgrade filePro 5.0.09 (or maybe 5.0.10) or later.  filePro 4.8
> is too old to run on this incompatible release of the O/S.

5.0.10 is the earliest that will work.  But as long as you're at it, why
not get .15?

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