Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?

[Sean <snmjohnson@iclub.org>]

This kind of strikes at something I've been wondering of late.  Slink,
back when Hamm was the stable dist, was pretty stable I thought.  I
realize that Potato started out hideously broken, mostly because of the
libc6 2.1.1, but that was a while back, and I'm now wondering if anyone
has any comments on how "stable" the unstable distribution is in
general.

Sean


J Horacio MG wrote:
> 
> ~> > I have some packages which require version 2.1.1 from libc6 (which I
> ~> > expect it can be found in potato).  My question is, do I have to expect
> ~> > any problems if I install it in slink, or is it just as straight forward
> ~> > as upgrading any other package?
> ~>
> ~> If you upgrade a slink installation to libc6 2.1.1, you will probably have
> ~> some problems.  I know I did, and I went back to libc6 2.07
> ~>
> ~> I suppose you could upgrade to potato and avoid the problems.
> ~>
> ~> If you try it on a slink system, do not go back from the potato version of
> ~> ld.so to the slink version or you will break the system; I just kept the newer
> ~> ld.so when I went back to the older libc6.
> 
> That sounds as if upgrading to libc6 2.1.1 is not a good idea, at least
> not if it's just for a couple of packages.  But, does it mean libc6
> 2.1.1 is not stable, or it means it's stable but not fit to use with a
> system packed with (and for) a previous version?
> 
> If I finally decided to do an upgrade, which other packages/libraries
> should I also upgrade for sanity sake?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Horacio
> 
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