Re[2]: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?
> On 11-May-99 add|ct|on wrote:
>
> > tis true, it seems to be a huge issue though i can't see why. what i
> don't
> > get is why, if someone insists on using packages made for an
> entirely
> > different system (potato packages on slink, for instance), they
> would
> > complain that things break?
Well I decided to go ahead and upgrade to glibc2.1 when I found all the
new packages in unstable were compiled with it. It meant I couldn't get,
for instance, the new Gnome stuff.
I had already upgraded to the 2.2 kernel and had upgraded the
recommended files to get this working OK. I then upgraded glibc and ldso
and then X and so on. Because I have a dial-up connection to the
Internet I cannot upgrade to Potato until I can get my hands on some
Potato CD-ROMS.
I had three problems. The first, JAVA, has now been resolved. The
second, Applix, has a workaround which I am not too happy with because I
loose TTF support. the third is X itself. I sometimes get a grey screen
for a good few seconds when starting X from the command line before
Window Maker kicks in. I have not solved this one.
All in all I am glad I upgraded. Having said that, I enjoy tinkering so
am not too bothered at attempting to get broken apps working - but apart
from the apps mentioned above all is well.
--
Phillip Deackes
gsmh@gmx.net
Debian Linux v.2.1
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