Why is the glibc/gcc version in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 so old?
Issue
- How to get the newer versions of gcc/glibc in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5?
- Why is glibc/gcc not updated to the latest version available upstream?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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