GLIBC 2.28

GLIBC system requirements

What are the reasons and implications about this system requirement?

At a glance

• openSSL 1.1.1 is end of life since September 11th 2023, pushing system vendors to use the most recent version 3.0 or 3.1.
• MySQL uses openSSL for secure connections, too. openSSL 3 support is implemented in MySQL since version 8.1.0.
• MySQL 8.1 uses GLIBC function fcntl64, which was introduced in GLIBC version 2.28

Alternatives

openSSL Premium Level support

openSSL offers a paid support option for backports of security bugfixes for version 1.1.1: "Premium Level Support". The costs are US$50000 yearly (see https://www.openssl.org/support/contracts.html#premium).

Use openSSL 1.1.1 as long as possible

As long as there are not security issues known, OS4X may be compiled with the obsoleted openSSL version 1.1.1. If you require such a version, please send a request to support@os4x.com. This

External ressources

• https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9205
• https://gist.github.com/wagenet/35adca1a032cec2999d47b6c40aa45b1