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Re: Upgrade libc6 in mixed system?



On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 04:08:26PM +0200, Q. Gong wrote:
> Woody is running quite well. But I have a upgrading problem with a few
> packages from the unstable release, which are always be kept back
> because they depend on the higher version of libc6. Is it OK to
> upgrade libc6 to the new version?

Upgrading libc while not upgrading everything is, AFAIK, generally
considered a bad idea.  Maybe Sarge (testing) would better suit you?

> Does the package from unstable release supported by the security team?
> Thanks a lot in advance for any suggestions.

Unstable doesn't get security updates, per se, but presumably a new
version, with security patches, would be uploaded in short order.

-rob

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