Re: libc6

[Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net>]

Someone messed up with the libc5 in the latest stable.  It conflicts with
libc6 for no reason, if you install libc6 with --force-conflicts it should
work fine.  You could also install the latest libc5 from unstable instead
(better alternative if you intend to upgrade completely to unstable), but
that is likely to force you down the altgcc/libc5-altdev path if you want
to be able to compile libc5 stuff.

On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Matt Thompson wrote:

> hello, all,
> 
> OK, I'm reading the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO from www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ.
> It says, "Install these packages in exactly the order listed.  ...any
> later versions should also be acceptable."
> 
> So, I installed ldso_1.9.5-1 using dpkg without incident.  The next
> package listed is libc6_2.0.4-1.  Well, of course, that's no longer the
> version that's available.  It's now libc6_2.0.5c-0.1.  So I downloaded
> that and ran: dpkg -i .  I received back an error saying it was
> conflicting with libc5!
> 
> BTW, I'm running on a fresh 1.3.1 install.  I just re-installed last night
> because I broke my system by removing libc5 so I could install libc6
> *bigblush*.  Oh, well, I learn as I go...:)
> 
> What am I doing wrong here?

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Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net>                 http://www.gate.net/~storm/


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