Re: libc6_2.0.7u-4.deb safe on hamm?
I wrote:
> I had a hamm system with a _few_ selected slink packages.
> I installed the new netscape navigator debs from slink using
> `apt-get install' and see that the following were also installed:
>
> libc6-dev_2.0.7u-4.deb
> libc6-doc_2.0.7u-4.deb
> libc6_2.0.7u-4.deb
>
> Since no dependencies were broken, can I assume my system is safe?
I guess the answer is _no_.
MH mail could not resolve host names while the new libs were installed,
and worked again as soon as I downgraded libc6.
Guess I'll wait for a full switch to slink to use the new libc6 comiled
stuff.
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