GLIBC 2.28

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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 no known security issues, 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. We will provide you an OS4X version with the outdated openSSL version.

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