On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, John Marter wrote: : : :On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Michael [badpixel/bad sector] wrote: : : : :: Hi! : :: : :: > > Just wondering how to uprade to libc6? Do I just install : the libc6 package, : :: > > or do I have to reinstall my hole system? ... : :: > : :: > http://www.debian.org/devel/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html : :: : :: Ok ... but I just have a little problem (i think!) :) : :: : :: the libc6 package conflicts with libc5,and when i tries to : remove : :: libc5 a lot of programs depends on that... : :: : : : :Read the last paragraph of Scott Ellis's FAQ (section 4.6). : The URL is : :cleverly hidden in this email message. : : : : : I read that and I was wondering what exactly the conflicts are. : It : mentions 'locales' and the 'format of utmp/wtmp'. What kinds of : problems are caused by these conflicts? : : VAResearch had me upgrade to libc6 and override the conflict : so that I could add another package I needed. After two days, : I haven't noticed any problems (other than I now have both : libc5 and libc6 in memory, I presume, when I am running X.) : : I have grabbed the libc5_5.4.33-3.deb package that the : FAQ suggests as an alternative, but I haven't installed : it yet. Is there anything I should look for? : : Thanks, : John Marter [EMAIL PROTECTED] :
I did this once, when the new Apache-SSL package came out and I wanted to play with it. It needed libc6, so I just installed that. A few days later I noticed that the system was (surprise) "unstable" ... Apache-SSL segfaulted on a regular basis, and the whole system was generally weird. So I nuked the whole thing and started over. Following Scott's howto worked flawlessly and the system's been solid as can be. I would have to say that upgrading to libc6 in a "non-standard" manner is playing with fire. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
