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[–] Kr4u7@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For reference 2.31 was released on 2020-02-01

author Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org Sat, 1 Feb 2020 10:56:33 +0000 (16:26 +0530) committer Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@sourceware.org Sat, 1 Feb 2020 11:52:50 +0000 (17:22 +0530) commit 9ea3686266dca3f004ba874745a4087a89682617 tree 6ee690ef6fa36bf79d2e05b5a30a4f7e10ba3937 tree parent 7ef9556328fd5c2fe1c2d9203a209895b5156a33

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago

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

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 18 points 3 weeks 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.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

phew mint makes the cut at 2.39

[–] Gemini24601@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Me reading the headline: 📈📈📈📉

[–] it_depends_man@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks 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?

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.)

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

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