Re: Binary compatibility of RHEL5.5 and RHEL 6.2

Paul Whitney <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.general
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Or maybe test your product on RHEL/CENTOS 6 before informing your customer of anything.

Paul M. Whitney
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On Mar 25, 2013, at 08:16 AM, Mike Burger <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I have my product binary built on the RHEL5.5 and my customer is having
> > 6.2. Just want to know the compatibility between these two version. Can we
> > ship the binary to customer?
> >
> > Thanks
>
> Kevin,
>
> It may or may not work...there are differences in libraries and other items.
>
> Your best bet, if you wish to support your customers, is to also compile
> it for RHEL 6.x.
>
> Otherwise, you can tell your customer that, at present, your product is
> not certified for RHEL 6 and leave it at that (though this will not
> generate much in the way of good will on your customer's part).
> -- 
> Mike Burger
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