Comment 31 for bug 1379431

(In reply to Mari Donkers from comment #27)
> (In reply to Sravan Kumar Lakkimsetti from comment #26)
> > (In reply to Mari Donkers from comment #25)
> > > Created attachment 242107 [details]
> > > LDD.txt
> >
> > Than you for the update. From the ldd out put we can clearly see that the
> > glibc version is satisfied. The minimum version we require is glibc 2.14.
> >
> > From the prior crash log we can see that glibc 2.13 is installed.
> >
> > Can you please upgrade glibc to atleast 2.14 and verify?
>
> No can do... It's not delivered with Debian Wheezy and installing it from
> Debian testing or experimental sounds a bit fishy.
>
> The page:
>
> http://superuser.com/questions/537683/how-to-fix-lib-x86-64-linux-gnu-libc-
> so-6-version-glibc-2-14-not-found/537694#537694
>
> reads:
>
> "Glibc is the library that everything depends on, so upgrading it can have
> far-reaching implications. Although there's probably nothing wrong with
> Debian's glibc 2.16 package, the fact that it's in the experimental
> repository means it hasn't received as much testing."
>
> Eclipse Luna should be able to run on Debian 7.4 Wheezy stable out of the
> box because the stable distribution is used primarily by businesses (because
> it's stable and low maintenance).

That said, your suggestion *does work* (Eclipse Luna starts fine) when I first install glibc 2.18, as instructed on the following page:

http://verahill.blogspot.nl/2014/03/562-pulling-in-glibc-214-from-testing.html