compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-144.el6.x86_64
I am looking for this package and cannot find it Any idea?
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Guru
6863 points
Do you need the "x86_64" file?
I can only find
]# yum list compat-libstdc++-296
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Guru
6863 points
I don't know this for certain, but I thought the compat libraries were intended to provide lib support for compatibility. I have only ever seen the i386/i686 packages (as far as I can recall).
Might I ask what you are trying to support? If you are getting an error stating something can't find a particular file, you can run
yum whatprovides /usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3
to see what package(s) provide that file.
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Guru
1310 points
Great discussion everyone! The 296 references compatibility for applications compiled with gcc-2.96 all the way back in RHEL 3 days which did not support 64 bit hardware. I think Intel's only 64 bit support back then was with Itanium, not Pentium.
So, essentially there is not a 64 bit version of the 296 compat package because there would have been no 64 bit applications compiled on Intel Pentium compatible chips at that time. If you have an application that needs 296 compatibility, then it is a 32 bit application, so you only need the i386/i686 version.
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