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Re: How to get glibc 2.1 on slink



Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@apocalypse.org> wrote:
> 
> Haven't heard anyone speak up yet. I too have a machine that cannot
> afford
> much downtime, so I don't want to mess with potato. Does anyone have a
> recommendation for safely getting the latest glibc running under
> slink?

What I have done a few times now is to point a line in
/etc/apt/sources.list to potato and after 'apt-get update', do 'apt-get
install libc6'

It really is as simple as this. No guarantees, though! 

Dont forget to change sources.list back to slink afterwards.


--
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux 2000


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