Binary failed after 64 bit upgrade

[turbo2ltr]

I have a binary that has been running happily on my old 32 bit cpanel VPS. The VPS was upgraded to the latest 64 bit OS/cpanel and now I get the "bad ELF interpreter" error which seems to be tied to the fact that the binary is compiled for 32 bit target.

I don't have the option to recompile. (It's legacy stuff)

Google tells me to

sudo dnf install glibc.i686

but that may be only the start of dependency issues.

I am not strong in the whole dependency thing so I want to post here and ask what my plan of attack should be and do I risk messing anything up adding 32bit support.

Thanks.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

Direct upgrades to new operating systems through YUM (e.g. 32-bit CentOS 6 to 64-bit CentOS 6) are unsupported, and can lead to several issues (including the one you have described). The best approach to upgrading an operating system is to setup a new server, install cPanel, and then transfer the accounts using "WHM >> Transfer Tool". We provide a document on how to transfer the accounts at:

How to Move All cPanel Accounts from One Server to Another - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation

Let us know if there's anything we can do to help you with the migration process.

Thank you.

 

[turbo2ltr]

Thanks but that doesn't really help me at this point. The datacenter did the update and offered this option to minimize downtime and not have to change my IP address. I have migrated accounts before adn it's very easy, but I have customization outside of cpanel that wouldn't get moved over if I just migrated the individual accounts so I chose to let them do the in-place upgrade.

Can anyone else provide "unofficial" guidance?

 

[turbo2ltr]

yum -y install glibc.i686

Seems to have fixed the issue.