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Re: ncurses3.4



On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote:

> 
> Þann 18-Nov-97 skrifar Scott Ellis:
> > On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote:
> > 
> > NO!  ABSOLUTLY POSITIVLY DO *NOT* PURGE LIBC5!  YOU WILL TRASH YOUR SYSTEM
> > BEYOND ALL HOPE OF REPAIR!
> > 
> > What you do need to do if you're upgrading to a full hamm (unstable)
> > system is to use dpkg to purge the existing '-dev' packages on your
> > system.  The existing librarys only need updated.
> > 
>   You can purge all libc5 programs, takes a trick or two though...
> and it's the ONLY way to get a stable libc6 system.

I beg to differ here.  My machine runs sync'd to hamm, but I still use
several programs that are only libc5 (including netscape).  Everything
works fine, although with Netscrape running my memory useage is a bit on
the cramped side.

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


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