Downgrade with glibc Update to using YUM
1). Existing RPM version checking and backup
#rpm -qa | grep glibc
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
glibc-common-2.5-81
glibc-devel-2.5-81
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
glibc-2.5-81
glibc-headers-2.5-81
glibc-devel-2.5-81
glibc-2.5-81
2). createrepo REPODATA
/usr/local/src/new_glibc
# pwd
/usr/local/src/new_glibc
#createrepo ./
12/12 – glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1.i386.rpm
Saving Primary metadata
Saving file lists metadata
Saving other metadata
3). old_glibc.repo
#vim /etc/yum.repos.d/new_glibc.repo
[old-glibc]
baseurl=file:///usr/local/src/new_glibc/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
# yum repolist
Loaded plugins: katello, product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Repository ‘new-glibc’ is missing name in configuration, using id
Unable to read consumer identity
new-glibc| 951 B 00:00
new-glibc/primary| 10 kB 00:00 new-glibc12/12
repo id repo name status
new-glibc new-glibc 12
rhel-DVD Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server – x86_64 – DVD 3,285
repolist: 3,297
# yum update glibc
Loaded plugins: katello, product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Repository ‘new-glibc’ is missing name in configuration, using id
Unable to read consumer identity
Skipping security plugin, no data
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
Skipping security plugin, no data
–> Running transaction check
–> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-81 for package: glibc-devel
–> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-81 for package: glibc-headers
–> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-81 for package: nscd
–> Processing Dependency: glibc = 2.5-81 for package: glibc-devel
—> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
–> Processing Dependency: glibc-common = 2.5-123.el5_11.1 for package: glibc
—> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
–> Running transaction check
—> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
—> Package nscd.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be updated
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
=====================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
=====================================================================
Updating:
glibc i686 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 5.4 M
glibc x86_64 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 4.8 M
Updating for dependencies:
glibc-common x86_64 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 16 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 2.1 M
glibc-devel x86_64 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 2.4 M
glibc-headers x86_64 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 602 k
nscd x86_64 2.5-123.el5_11.1 new-glibc 178 k
Transaction Summary
====================================================================
Install 0 Package(s)
Upgrade 7 Package(s)
Total download size: 32 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
——————————————————————-
Total 14 GB/s | 32 MB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Updating : glibc-common 1/14
Updating : glibc 2/14
Updating : nscd 3/14
Updating : glibc-headers 4/14
Updating : glibc-devel 5/14
Updating : glibc 6/14
Updating : glibc-devel 7/14
Cleanup : glibc-headers 8/14
Cleanup : glibc-common 9/14
Cleanup : glibc 10/14
Cleanup : glibc 11/14
Cleanup : nscd 12/14
Cleanup : glibc-devel 13/14
Cleanup : glibc-devel 14/14
Installed products updated.
Updated:
glibc.i686 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
Dependency Updated:
glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
nscd.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
Complete!
#rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1
1).
#rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-headers-2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-common-2.5-123.el5_11.1
2). yum downgrade
# yum downgrade glibc glibc-devel glibc-headers glibc-common nscd
Loaded plugins: katello, product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating certificate-based repositories.
Repository ‘new-glibc’ is missing name in configuration, using id
Unable to read consumer identity
Setting up Downgrade Process
No Match for available package: nscd-2.5-81.x86_64
Resolving Dependencies
–> Running transaction check
—> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc.i686 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
—> Package glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
—> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
—> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
—> Package glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
—> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-81 set to be updated
—> Package glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1 set to be erased
–> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
===========================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
===========================================
Downgrading:
glibc i686 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 5.3 M
glibc x86_64 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 4.8 M
glibc-common x86_64 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 16 M
glibc-devel i386 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 2.0 M
glibc-devel x86_64 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 2.4 M
glibc-headers x86_64 2.5-81 rhel-DVD 596 k
Transaction Summary
===========================================
Remove 0 Package(s)
Reinstall 0 Package(s)
Downgrade 6 Package(s)
Total download size: 32 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
——————————————-
Total 10 GB/s | 32 MB 00:00
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
Installing : glibc-common 1/12
Installing : 2/12
Installing : glibc-headers 3/12
Installing : glibc-devel 4/12
Installing : glibc 5/12
Installing : glibc-devel 6/12
Cleanup : glibc-headers 7/12
Cleanup : glibc-common 8/12
Cleanup : glibc 9/12
Cleanup : glibc 10/12
Cleanup : glibc-devel 11/12
Cleanup : glibc-devel 12/12
Installed products updated.
Removed:
glibc.i686 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-123.el5_11.1
Installed:
glibc.i686 0:2.5-81
glibc.x86_64 0:2.5-81
glibc-common.x86_64 0:2.5-81
glibc-devel.i386 0:2.5-81
glibc-devel.x86_64 0:2.5-81
glibc-headers.x86_64 0:2.5-81
Complete!
3).
# rpm -qa | grep glibc
glibc-2.5-81
glibc-2.5-81
compat-glibc-headers-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
compat-glibc-2.3.4-2.26
glibc-headers-2.5-81
glibc-devel-2.5-81
glibc-common-2.5-81
glibc-devel-2.5-81
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