Re: kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97

2001-01-08 Thread Erich Baur
** Jameson C. Burt wrote on Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 01:33:00AM -0500: ** > Does an upgrade of libc6 from version 2.1.3 to 2.1.97 largely work? > But more, I no longer see libc6 version 2.1.97, so I must go all the > way to libc6 version libc6_2.2-5 in woody. > Oh my, I have heard people having probl

Re: kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97

2001-01-06 Thread Leen Besselink
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Jameson C. Burt wrote: [..] > This flashes a WARNING to me, since libc is very foundational; > indeed, a few Debian distributions back, most distribution upgrades failed > because of libc changes. > Does an upgrade of libc6 from version 2.1.3 to 2.1.97 largely work? [..] > > P

Re: kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97

2001-01-06 Thread Paul Schulz
I would like to hear some more details from the maintainer(s)... I've needed to install 'locales' and 'i18n' during this process. I have several machines which are in this state, and I've broken the equivelent number, trying this. I just waiting for woody to become 'stable'. Paul >>> Jameson

kernel 2.4, modutils requires libc6 2.1.97

2001-01-06 Thread Jameson C. Burt
All suggestions for using kernel 2.4 mention upgrading to modutils in either woody or sid, for modutils version 2.3.22 or 2.3.23. However, these have the dependency Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1.97) Since I largely keep a potato distribution, I use libc6 version libc6_2.1.3-13 so an upgrade would