Re: Upgrading

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@CS.WM.EDU>]

Libc5 should still be installed (or can easily be reinstalled) after the
upgrade.  It should coexist with libc6 without any problems.

Good luck,
Brandon

+---                                                              ---+
| Brandon Mitchell * bhmit1@mail.wm.edu * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ |
|  Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter  |

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Nidge Jones wrote:

> 
> I run Debian 1.3.1 and wish to upgrade to release 2.0
> 
> Having read up on this a little, am I correct in saying that I will be able
> to do this without breaking everything?
> 
> I am concearned about the LIB6c stuff, and what upgrading will mean to my
> old (LIB5) non-debian packages. Will they still work, or will I end up
> breaking everything from trying to change to 2.0 ?
> 
> I understand I need to run the autoup.sh script first, then use dselect as
> normal afterwards. This is fine for upgrading my Debian Packages. But what
> about other stuff *I* may have installed in /usr/local etc !