glibc version question

[Paul Pluzhnikov via libc-help]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I saw many versions of GLIBC on many machines, such as 2.2 2.23, 2.8.
> I am curious which one is the newest? Is 2.8 > 2.23 > 2.2, with 2.8
> being the newest, or 2.23 > 2.8 > 2.2, with 2.23 being the newest?


2.23 is newer. Current released version is 2.26, with 2.27 in development.

https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Glibc%20Timeline

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Paul Pluzhnikov