Re: upgrading libc6 from 2.1 to 2.2 - trouble brewing?
On Sat, 3 Mar 2001, Colin Cashman wrote:
> Tonight I tried to install the latest version of ssh onto my system, but I
> wasn't paying close enough attention to the dependencies. Ssh 2.5.1p1
> requires libc-2.2.1-2 or higher, and potato uses libc6-2.1.3-15.
>
> I have a vague recollection of problems running apps using libc-2.1 with
> libc-2.2, so I thought I'd ask the list since I'm sure at least one person
> has tried it. :)
>
> Should I expect any trouble if I simply upgrade to libc-2.2? If so, what is
> the best strategy to resolve those problems?
>
Don't use me as a reliable source, but I think that this would be bad
unless you were to upgrade everything to woody which uses libc6-2.2.2-1.
I seem to recall that when unstable first went from libc6-2.1 to
libc6-2.2 lots of things broke...
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