[Gluster-users] Issue installing Gluster on CentOS 7.2

[Eric K. Miller]

> We build the GlusterFS packages against the current version of CentOS
7.
> The dependencies that are installed during the package building may
not be
> correct for older CentOS versions. There is no guarantee that the
compiled
> binaries work correctly on previous versions. The backwards
compatibility
> only counts for new OS updates, so that old applications do not need
to be
> recompiled. This request is the other way around, and is not something
I
> think we can commit to keep working.
> 
> The correct solution would be to update all the dependencies (and
their
> dependencies like a chain) to not run into unexpected and difficult to
debug
> problems. Downgrading libvirt or keeping it on an older version should
be
> possible.
> 
> HTH,
> Niels

Thanks Niels and Kaleb!

I have installed the older Gluster version 3.7 with no issues.  We will
wait for the libvirt issues to be worked out in CentOS 7.3 before
upgrading to Gluster version 3.8+.

Eric