Re: considerations for kernal upgrade
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 03:12:52PM +1300, zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz wrote:
> Hi
>
> i am running debian ver 1.2 which uses libc5. I need to upgrade to libc6
> in order to install the latest smail package so that i can control relay
> spamming.
>
> Would i need to install a more recent version of debian so that the
> packages using libc5 will now run on libc6?
>
> Whats the best way for me to upgrade??
Forget a libc upgrade. Why not just grab the source to the smail
packages, use dpkg-source to extract them, and run 'debian/rules binary'
to build yourself a libc5 deb of the newest smail?
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Stephen Pitts
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