> > where exactly does libc6 start as the standard for gcc? What gcc version? None, but gcc 2.7.2.2 and higher support libc6, below they don't?
> Is it at 1.3, Oh, you mean what Debian release uses libc6 as standard? That's Debian 2.0, also called hamm, currently "unstable". 1.3 is still fully libc5 > or unstable? And is there a way to force my system back down to stable, Do you mean stable or libc5? Anyway, the solution is the same, if you have a debian mirror (or cd mounted somerwhere), do cd my_mirror dpkg -R --skip-same-version --selected-only . (or maybe without the final .). > without going package by package to compare them? The above command will make dpkg do all the comparing. Warning: compleately untested!!! -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) #what's this? see http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .