libc5 - libc6 Upgrade Roadmap?
I read the mini HOWTO and reports in this mailing list about unstable
being "stable enough". My machine is kind of a production server. The
world would not end if it goes down for a day or so. But still it is
important to have it up and running ASAP. I am planning on upgrading to
hamm later today. I have a few questions before I set off -
* I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free
tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is
there a possibility that NFS might stop working during the upgrade
process?
* Could some kind soul who has gone through the upgrade process give me
a roadmap? The Mini-HOWTO, though useful, does not provide information
on how to upgrade the other packages once I have done the basic
upgrading. Can I start using dselect after following the instructions
in the mini-HOWTO?
* I have compiled and installed some packages under /usr/local/ (pgsql,
ssh, socks etc.). I guess I have compiled these with libc5. Is there a
possibility that they would stop working when I upgrade to libc6?
* I am running something > 1.3.1.r4 Should I get hold of the libc5
libraries (from gate.net) that don't conflict with libc6 and upgrade
after installing these libraries?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
S.
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