Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?
----- Original Message -----
From: Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>
To: Debian-user list <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?
> I will give a specific instance. I need gtk 1.2 but when I try to install
the
> libgtk 1.2 deb, it complains that it needs libc6 2.1.1. I was unable to
> install this gtk from source because during 'make install' it complains
that
> the deb is already installed. I tried removing the deb for gtk, but then
dpkg
> complains that it is required for other packages I installed. In order to
> install libc6 2.11 I need to also upgrade to the potato version of ld.so
and
> some other things. I tried this and it broke my timezones. I was
fortunate
> to have been able to go back to the older libc6 with only small breakages
> which I fixed.
>
> I just have to wait until Potato is stable, and if it will run on 2.0.x
> kernels, I will upgrade, or else, learn to set up ipchains and upgrade the
> kernel too.
>
>
> --
> Andrew
>
yeah this is typical. let's hope it changes soon.
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