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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For reference 2.31 was released on 2020-02-01

author Siddhesh Poyarekar [email protected] Sat, 1 Feb 2020 10:56:33 +0000 (16:26 +0530) committer Siddhesh Poyarekar [email protected] Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:52:50 +0000 (17:22 +0530) commit 9ea3686266dca3f004ba874745a4087a89682617 tree 6ee690ef6fa36bf79d2e05b5a30a4f7e10ba3937 tree parent 7ef9556328fd5c2fe1c2d9203a209895b5156a33

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's still weird to look at a 2020 and think that was 5 years ago

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah I keep thinking 2020 was like 2, maybe 3, years ago

[–] muhyb 13 points 4 days ago

And Debian Bullseye have that version, so it will affect hardly anyone.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For anyone who might think their glibc might be older than 2.31, you can check with ldd --version

If you're on any distro that has released an update within a span of 5 years, you're clear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

phew mint makes the cut at 2.39

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Me reading the headline: 📈📈📈📉

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It says

On August 15th, 2025, Steam will officially stop supporting Linux distributions with a version of glibc older than 2.31.

How did this confusion happen?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

with glibc older than 2.31” ≡ “without glibc 2.31 or newer

(In case you’re not referencing a misleading post title that’s since been edited.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

It reads fine, but I see why it would confuse you as well.