Ok, I understand all this. So what happens (for example) if I have installed GCC 6.1.0 and I want to upgrade to GCC 6.2.0. If I was not to rebuild the entire system, and I just ran the configure make make install commands in the book, would it _entirely_ replace GCC 6.1.0?
On Tuesday, 13 September 2016, Ken Moffat <zarniwh...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:52:05AM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 04:03:57PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > > For gcc, because there are _so_many_ static libs, I would be wary if > > upgrading for a vulnerability. For glibc, when the vulnerability > > which caused us to throw away LFS-7.9-rc1 came out, I did upgrade > > the current version of glibc (I patched a few lines). I also did > > something similar to one version in the past, because some sort of > > usability problem (in audio, I think) was fixed. > > > > But for my older systems at the time of that glibc vulnerability : a > > couple were patched, but I was unable to backport the fixes to the > > version of glibc used in a couple of older systems - so I scrapped > > those. > > > And just in case it isn't obvious : for LFS, patch the same version > of glibc as you used to build the system. AND reboot after the > glibc install. It will probably be an unclean shutdown. I enable > Magic-SysRQ in the kernel, so if it hangs Alt-SysRq-S (sync), pause > briefly, Alt-SysRq-B (boot). > > ĸen > -- > `I shall take my mountains', said Lu-Tze. `The climate will be good > for them.' -- Small Gods > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- Samuel Tyler ******************************************************************************* This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender.
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