rpm & glibc catch22

[M.W. Chang]

If I upgrade the glibc in my old COL 3.1, I would encounter the same
problem, right? I would also need to re-compile if not upgrade the RPM?

can rpm 4.x convert or handle the rpm database created by rpm 4.0.6?

> A week ago I upgraded glibc from 2.2.5 to 2.3.2, without any problems. 
> I forgot at the time that glibc upgrades tend to break rpm.  So today I 
> was pleasantly reminded of that fact when I attempted to rebuild a SRPM, 
> and rpm just segfaulted.

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