Re: switch back from gcc-3.4 to pure64
Andreas Knüpfer <knuepfer@zhr.tu-dresden.de> writes:
> hi,
>
> recently, i found the gcc-3.4 branch a little more unstable than usual. the
> last days brought some more problem reports. furthermore gcc-3.4 is updated
> less frequently than the pure64 branch (afaik). therefore i decided to switch
> back from gcc-3.4 to pure64 last week.
>
> if you plan do switch back, too, make /etc/apt/sources.list point to the any
> of the pure64 branch mirrors, do 'apt-get update' and run
> 'dpkg --get-selections | grep -w install | \
> xargs - -n 20 apt-get install --reinstall -y'
>
> everything will be fine afterwards if and only if you link /lib64 to /lib
> BEFORE, i.e. 'ln -s /lib /lib64'. apparently, the respective packages do not
> yet provide /lib64 in the right way.
The lib64 link is provided by the libc6. You have to install that
first. Otherwise any binary you install will break itself since
pure64 assumes /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 does exist.
> luckily this was not too hard to figure out.
> nevertheless i thank you all for your great work on debian and the amd64 port.
> pure64 is rock solid in my experience.
>
> knue
>
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MfG
Goswin
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