Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install
On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Jameson Burt wrote:
> This seems the correct approach. So, the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO should say
> not just
> The minimum list of packages to install to be able to run unstable-
> branch packages is below. Install these packages one at a time in
> exactly the order listed. When versions are mentioned, that is a
> minimum suggested version, any later version should also be
> acceptable.
> o ldso_1.9.5-1
> o libc6_2.0.4-1
>
> but should also include something like
> o ldso_1.9.5-1
> o libc5_5.4.38 from unstable hamm **********
> o libc6_2.0.4-1
>
> The need for the above appeared to me again today, in my office, when a
> colleague tried to install Debian Linux. As recommended in the HOWTO, he did
> not use dselect. However, haveing followed the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO two
> times, he is about to try installing Debian Linux for the third time in one
> day. The first recommended package ldso_1.9.6-2 installed properly. The
> second package libc6_2.0.5c-0.1 failed to install, responding that dpkg COULD
> NOT REMOVE libc5! He knew not to use a -force option, so he used a --purge
> option on libc5. He followed this by again having dpkg install
> libc6_2.0.6c-0.1. All seemed well, except that the purging of libc5 removed
> /lib/libreadline.so.2, so he could no longer log on --time to reinstall Debian
> Linux.
I plan on mentioning this when I update the howto over the holidays. I am
also going to plaster said howto with large warnings for
DO NOT PURGE LIBC5 WHEN UPGRADING.
DO NOT USE --force FOR ANY REASON when doing the libc5->libc6 upgrade.
(not shouting at you, just at anyone else out there considering it)
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