RE: Upgrade to libc6...
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, John Marter wrote:
:
: :On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote:
: :
: :: Hi!
: ::
: :: > > Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install
: the libc6 package,
: :: > > or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ...
: :: >
: :: > http://www.debian.org/devel/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html
: ::
: :: Ok ... but I just have a little problem (i think!) :)
: ::
: :: the libc6 package conflicts with libc5,and when i tries to
: remove
: :: libc5 a lot of programs depends on that...
: ::
: :
: :Read the last paragraph of Scott Ellis's FAQ (section 4.6).
: The URL is
: :cleverly hidden in this email message.
: :
: :
: I read that and I was wondering what exactly the conflicts are.
: It
: mentions 'locales' and the 'format of utmp/wtmp'. What kinds of
: problems are caused by these conflicts?
:
: VAResearch had me upgrade to libc6 and override the conflict
: so that I could add another package I needed. After two days,
: I haven't noticed any problems (other than I now have both
: libc5 and libc6 in memory, I presume, when I am running X.)
:
: I have grabbed the libc5_5.4.33-3.deb package that the
: FAQ suggests as an alternative, but I haven't installed
: it yet. Is there anything I should look for?
:
: Thanks,
: John Marter jmarter@fastenal.com
:
I did this once, when the new Apache-SSL package came out and I wanted
to play with it. It needed libc6, so I just installed that. A few days
later I noticed that the system was (surprise) "unstable" ... Apache-SSL
segfaulted on a regular basis, and the whole system was generally weird.
So I nuked the whole thing and started over. Following Scott's howto
worked flawlessly and the system's been solid as can be.
I would have to say that upgrading to libc6 in a "non-standard" manner
is playing with fire.
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