Re: libc5/libc6 cohabitat ; locales
Michael Bravo <mbravo@tctube.spb.su> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I have the stable 1.3.1 installed. However, as I look at unstable on
> the ftp, I see lots of much more up-to-date and needed
> packages.... built with libc6. I have browsed through the mailing
> list archives, and found bits and pieces concerning the upgrade to
> libc6, but no definitive guide. Could the knowledgeable people
> answer some of the questions below, w/ private email if possible, as
> I'm not subscribed to the list and can only look up the webified
> archives. I will summarize any useful info I get and post to the
> list.
>
> - is it worth it to have both libc5 & libc6 at the same time?
Yes.
> - in other words, if I have only libc6, do I get to run libc5-based
> packages? (I think not)
You can have installed both versions simultanously. However, I think
you can have only one development version installed, the people who
reported problems probably replaced their libc5-dev with libc6-dev and
run into problem because some libraries were missing.
I have libc6 installed just for the current leafnode version to work.
If you get some useful package that are linked against libc6 you
should install it, I cannot think of any problem (of you install the
shared lib only!). However, you will still have a libc5 based system
(because new compiled programs will be linked against libc5) with the
ability to execute programs built with libc6.
> - if there're people who installed libc6 additionally to libc5,
> starting from plain vanilla 1.3.1, could you please share a
> step-by-step guide?
Just fetch the package (wait a moment ...) libc6_2.0.4-1.deb and
install it using
dpkg -i libc6_2.0.4-1.deb
No more, no less.
> - in the advice already posted, I noticed the stuff about locales in
> libc5 postinst. What got me interested is the ru_RU line (my
> locale). Why is it mapped to ISO8859-5 instead of the proper
> KOI8-R ? Or it is not mapped? Then what is the do_locale thing
> doing. And does that mean that my combination of stable libc5 and
> wg15-locale w/ 'export LANG=ru_RU' doesn't actually work as
> expected?
I can't help you there. I use the de_DE locale and ISO-8859.1 is the
correct choice for me.
Torsten
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