Re: glibc 2.1 -> 2.2 gotchas?

[Keith Clayton <keith@claytons.org>]

Thanks to all who responded to my query . . you guys are great.

I was gone all day yesterday and woke up to find my inbox full of great
info!

Looks like I've got some work cut out for me no matter which route I
head.  Guess my labor day weekend will live up to its name ;)

Thanks again . . this gives me lots to chew on

Cheers,
Keith

On 25 Aug 2001 11:31:43 -0400, (null) wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> If you are using an RPM based distribution, please be careful.  When I tried
> to do the upgrade manually awhile back I ran into trouble with many of the
> new rpms being usable in RPM 4 format only and not working under RPM 3.
>
> If I were you I would rebuild glibc 2.2.4 from a source rpm (from Franz) and
> run make check first just to make sure all is well.  I would then focus on
> building RPM 4 and then try to convert your rpm database over from RPM 3 to
> RPM 4.o and then continue upgrading pieces.
>
> The other easy way to make this move is to simply upgrade to YDL 2, SuSE 7.1,
> Debian, Mandrake, etc. They are all glibc 2.2.X based and come with all of
> the other things that need to be upgraded since they are so old (Perl, etc).
>
> Upgrading them from glibc-2.2.1 to glibc 2.2.4 is easily done with rpm a few
> syncs and a restart.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Kevin
>
> On Saturday 25 August 2001 10:55, Keith Clayton wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm considering moving from glibc 2.1.3 to 2.2.4  Any known problems
> > with the move to 2.2, apps that break, etc.
> >
> > I'm hoping to minimize any surprises
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Keith
> >
> >
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> >
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