Re: Beta testing? -- SOLVED: problem upgrading libc
On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > If beta testing is to be done from
> > ftp://ftp.i-connect.net/debian/unstable/binary-i386 then there is a
> > major problem. The only version of dpkg available is 1.1.5elf. This
> > package can not be installed on an R6 system because it needs libc5.
> > The proper version of dpkg for beta testing is 1.1.5
>
> aha! this may be the solution to my libc upgrade problems - i'll get and
> install dpkg-1.1.5 to replace dpkg-1.0.17
i couldn't find dpkg-1.1.5 but found 1.1.3 instead. installed it, then had
no problems upgrading to:
ii libc4 4.6.27-13 The Linux C library (a.out version 4).
ii libc5 5.2.18-5 The Linux C library version 5 (run-time
Now I just have to complete the task of switching to a fully ELF 1.1 beta
system... :-) I should have all the 'unstable' packages downloaded by
tomorrow over my 28.8K connection.
somebody (dale, maybe?) posted their list of how they did it the other
day...i'll have to have another look at that for tips.
Craig
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