On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 03:12:52PM +1300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > i am running debian ver 1.2 which uses libc5. I need to upgrade to libc6 > in order to install the latest smail package so that i can control relay > spamming. > > Would i need to install a more recent version of debian so that the > packages using libc5 will now run on libc6? > > Whats the best way for me to upgrade??
Forget a libc upgrade. Why not just grab the source to the smail packages, use dpkg-source to extract them, and run 'debian/rules binary' to build yourself a libc5 deb of the newest smail? -- Stephen Pitts [EMAIL PROTECTED] webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
