[ILUG] getting redhat 9 stuff running on redhat 7.3

[Kenn Humborg]

>  I've a package that's shipped binary only, and compiled for RedHat 9.
> 
>  As you know, I'm a big fan of RPMs, but I'm not sure how to solve this
> problem with packages. For instance, it's complaining about not having 
>     libstdc++.so.5
>     libgcc_s.so.1
> 
>  And most likely another brace of files too. Is there a neat way to get
> newer libs on an already running system, without breaking it ?

You should be able to install the libstdc++ packages from RH9
along with the relevant compat-libstdc++ to preserve the older
libraries for RH7.x apps.

Later,
Kenn