Re: glibc 2.1.1 linking problems
On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 02:38:35PM -0700, Alex Romosan wrote:
> Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> writes:
>
> >
> > Kernel version? Previous libc6 version? SPARC arch? (sun4[cdmu])
> >
>
> i was running 2.0.35 and libc6 2.0.105 on a sparc staion ipx. in the
> mean time i managed to fix my system by extracting the old libc
> library to a temporary directory and then copying it to /lib and
> running ldconfig -v. once i got the system sort of working again, i
> compiled 2.2.6 (which i am running right now) and installing libc
> 2.1.1 went without any problems. i remember having the same problems
> on a powerpc (with chown and 2.0.x vs > 2.1.100 kernels). anyway
> things are sort of back to normal now. the only problem i still have
> is with apt-get it just sits there forever using up 100% cpu time.
> this is apt 0.3.4. if anybody has any ideas how to fix this please let
> me know.
Bingo, glibc 2.1.1 requires a 2.2 kernel. The 2.2 kernels run better on
sparc anyway. IPX is sun4c correct? If so then you can use the stock
2.2.5 source and the glibc 2.1.1 should work just fine.
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