Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?
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----- Original Message -----
From: J Horacio MG <homega@vlc.servicom.es>
To: Dan Nguyen <nguyend7@cse.msu.edu>
Cc: Debian List <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: libc6-2.1.1 ... safe to install?
> So, what's the list of what should be upgraded? I would imagine that
> the first thing to do is to compile and run a 2.2.x kernel, the entire
> potato base directory... what else?
>
> I've also seen on this thread someone saying about the need to upgrade
> the X system... to xfree 3.3.3?
>
> Horacio.
>
here's my input...depends on how potato-ish you want to be... but if you
want to run a 2.2.x (or even 2.3.0!) kernel you will most likely need to
upgrade more than just libc6.
check out the Changes file in any 2.2.x kernel and it will tell you what
you need to change/ upgrade for THAT (very good listing, well done i might
add, and easy to follow). the documentation is fantastic. it tells you
everything that might go wrong and how to avoid it. most people have
problems because they do not read the kernel docs.
i am running potato now, and installed it as a base, but at one time i
DID successfully upgrade from slink to potato and a 2.2.x kernel. i did it
like this (i have endless free time <smile>):
upgraded via apt everything the changes file said i needed for the new
kernel (if you do that, incidentally, on my system anyhow i had to upgrade
my libc anyway because other things were dependant on it -- don't know how
it will work for you, but i couldn't upgrade my netbase or anything without
also upgrading my libc. (the potato net packages will not work with kernel
2.0.36, to the best of my knowledge, or i couldnt get them to anyway, so if
you care about interenet connectivity like i do be sure to have the new
kernel handy on the system to make after).... after that, i compiled and
installed the kernel without rebooting inbetween. of course you can reboot,
i just didn't want to bother with it... i heard someone say rebooting an
ugraded system with a 2.0.36 kernel can make all hell break loose, but again
i don't really know, so i didn't take any chances.
good luck to you!
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