[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Subject: > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 98 : Issue 545 > > Today's Topics: > Inoperative ls in wu-ftpd-academ > Re: older debian release? > bo --> hamm upgrade.. > autofs HOWTO > Turtle Beach Montego A3D > installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Problem installing a package with dpkg > Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Re: Samba: password for mapping network drives > Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Re: postgres intallation failed > Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > adding pcmcia module for updated kernel > Autoup Upgrade (Was: Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #536) > Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > anyone have libc6_2.0.7pre1-4.deb (for intel) ? > glibc / libc6 > Re: glibc / libc6 > Re: glibc / libc6 > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Inoperative ls in wu-ftpd-academ > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:59:21 -0700 (MST) > From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > In wu-ftpd-academ 2.4.2.16-9 (hamm), I'm not getting any response to an ls > command with an anonymous connection. I know there was a bug report on > an earlier version had included libc5 files in /home/ftp/lib with binaries > linked with libc6. With that version, I copied the correct lib files into > /home/ftp/lib and everything started working again. > > The current installation has the correct lib files reported by ldd, but ls > still doesn't work. What is missing this time? > > Bob > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: older debian release? > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 98 15:31:26 -0500 > From: peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Nelson Posse Lago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, peter wrote: > > > >> hi, i've got what may seem a strange request.. i'm looking for an older > >> release of debian. i have a laptop w/ only 2MB RAM and i've been told that > >> one of the older releases of debian will run under 2MB. > > > >Try using an older kernel; The 1.2.13 is smaller than 2.0.X, and has > >support for ELF binaries. With it, I guess debian 1.3.1 should be OK. And > >you might want to use 1.0.9, smaller still, but I don't know about ELF, > >maybe you'd have to use debian 0.93R6 which was a.out. > > > >Also, you may want to check out http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/mem.html . > > > >I don't know if this address is still valid! > > yes, it's still valid, and not only that, i have everything up and running > now! > the only part that i don't like about it is that i have to download a lot > of the standard tools and install them manually. it's really easy, of > course, it's just taking a lot of download time! :) > > thanks to everyone who helped, my laptop is now useful again! > > best, > peter > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: bo --> hamm upgrade.. > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 16:08:33 -0500 > From: Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I find a lot of small changes, logs moved from (non-existent) /var/adm, to > /var/logs, > pppd argument changes, ppp setup changes, etc.. > > It took a bit of fiddling to bet the system re-working. > > E.g. pppd now needs a "noauth" argument, files have moved, etc.. > > Is there a list of these changes, structural and functional? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: autofs HOWTO > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:10:57 -0500 > From: Paul Serice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user Mailing List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > This message tells how I got autofs to mount floppies so that any member > of the "floppy" group would have read/write permission. I'm wondering > if what I did is the right approach. If so, and if this isn't common > knowledge (as I couldn't find it), it should be helpful to others. > > The difficulty as I see is is that "mount", when mounting "user" > volumes, by default uses the permissions of the requesting user. > > When the user wants to mount a volume, it asks the automount daemon to > do so. The automount daemon in turn calls "mount", and "mount" gladly > does it job and mounts the volume with the permissions of the automount > daemon, not the permissions of the user. The problem is that the > automount daemon is started from the /etc/init.d/autofs script with > permissions of "root.root" and "rwxr_xr_x" insuring that no ordinary > user will be able to write to the floppy. > > To "correct" this, I have carefully edited the default Debian script to > change the umask to 002 just before starting the automount daemon. Then > I start it with 'sg floppy -c "automount ... "'. > > Now, when the automount daemon does it's job, I see something like the > following: > > drwxrwxr-x 2 root floppy 7168 Dec 31 1969 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root floppy 0 Jun 28 08:24 ../ > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root floppy 9199 Jun 28 08:18 README.TXT > -rw-rw-r-- 1 root floppy 25798 Jun 27 23:37 zer0 > > Thanks, > Paul Serice > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Turtle Beach Montego A3D > Date: 29 Jun 1998 07:33:22 +0900 > From: Yamamoto Hirotaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Can someone successfully use Turtle Beach Montego A3D > PCI sound card with Debian2.0beta (hamm)? > > Any help is appreciated! Thanks. > > -- > Hirotaka Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 18:25:38 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (scott hussey) > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, > pppd recognizes my modem as ttys2, but minicom gives me the message 'I/O > Error' when it tries to open ttys2. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Problem installing a package with dpkg > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 13:43:20 -0500 > From: Katharine Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I'm trying to install the xlib6g package and am > getting the following error: > > dpkg: error processing xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > (--install): > trying to overwrite > '/usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.3', which is also in > package xlib6 > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal > (Broken pipe) > Errors were encountered while processing: > xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > > I've been through all the man/--help pages and I > have no idea how to fix/avoid this. If you have > any suggestions, please email me. > > thanks in advance. > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > * Katharine Osborne 515-296-0824 * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer * > * "Create like a god, command like a king * > * and work like a slave. You have a moral * > * imperative to change the world." * > * -- Guy Kawasaki * > -------------------------------------------- > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:49:03 -0700 (PDT) > From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Katharine Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Katharine Osborne wrote: > > > > > I've been through all the man/--help pages and I > > have no idea how to fix/avoid this. If you have > > any suggestions, please email me. > > > > thanks in advance. > > Download the package and install it manually with a --force overwrite > option like this: > > dpkg -i --force overwrite <package.deb> > > And that should do it. > > George Bonser > > Microsoft! Which end of the stick do you want today? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 19:55:08 -0400 (EDT) > From: John Kloss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: scott hussey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: > > > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, > > pppd recognizes my modem as ttys2, but minicom gives me the message 'I/O > > Error' when it tries to open ttys2. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > so I'm no expert here, but I certainly had to go through alot to get my modem > to work with debian (but then, I use a laptop with pcmcia card modem :-) ). > > I think you mean /dev/ttyS2. The serial ports are /dev/ttyS# and equal com > port > numbers minus one (i.e. com1 = /dev/ttyS0, etc). My modem card installs at > com2 > so I use /dev/ttyS1. I have been told that /dev/cua# is deprecated and that > docs using /dev/cua# are out of date (sigh ...). > > I'm pretty sure that /dev/modem is just a symbolic link (at least it is on my > machine) so to make /dev/modem type > > ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem > > you also need to check to make sure that /dev/ttyS2 is set for the proper irq > and port # for your modem. read the docs that came with your modem and check > to > see what irq it's expecting to use and what memory address and then type > > setserial -a /dev/ttyS2 > > and see what it says. If not, you can use setserial to change those values > (read the man pages on setserial), or you can check to see if one of the other > serial ports is actually the one you want (setserial -a /dev/ttyS0, etc). If > your modem is internal, debian should be able to detect it on start-up since > it > detects most serial ports on startup but I'm not sure since again I use a > laptop and usually my modem isn't in one of my card slots on bootup. At any > rate you can see which ports where detected by typing > > dmesg > > after startup and logging in. You'll get a list of devices detected at startup > and other messages too. > > I'm sure someone else here can give you alot more info (probably more accurate > too), but this is my attempt. > > HTH > > - John Kloss > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Samba: password for mapping network drives > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:26:59 -0400 (EDT) > From: dpk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: Debian User group <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Can you help me with that share name thing? Does that go in the > global section? I've checked the man page for smb.conf, and still > couldn't find anything about this parameter. I've set the > workgroup for the appropriate windows workgroup name. Is this what > you were talking about? I've got the password correct, but now the > message comes up "The share name was not found. Make sure you > typed it correctly." > > Thanks again, > > Brian > > Adding a share is fairly simple... Say for instance you wanted to > share out your CDROM which is mounted on your system as '/cdrom', you > could add this to the bottom of your smb.conf: > > [cdrom] > comment = CD-ROM drive > path = /cdrom > guest ok = no > read only = yes > > You can then try mounting the share \\yourhost\cdrom on the Win95 PC. > There are more options that you can give to a share that are > documented in the man pages. > > Dennis > -- > Dennis Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | phone: 353.4844 > Network Admin, College of Engineering, MSU | pager: 222.5875 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 17:32:38 -0700 (MST) > From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: scott hussey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, scott hussey wrote: > > > I am a very novice Linux/Debian user and am trying to setup minicom. I am > > curious about how to get minicom to recognize my modem. I read in the man > > page that most linux systems have the serial port as /dev/modem or > > /dev/cua#. How can I get Linux to install my modem as a dev. Currently, > > pppd recognizes my modem as ttys2, but minicom gives me the message 'I/O > > Error' when it tries to open ttys2. Any help is greatly appreciated. > > That should be ttyS2, not ttys2. > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: postgres intallation failed > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:10:01 -0500 > From: Jeff Noxon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Sat, Jun 27, 1998 at 11:14:19AM +0200, Networking Wizard wrote: > > After Shared PostgreSQL library intsallation (libpgsql 6.3.2-8) > > i've been trying to inttall postgresql (6.3.2-8) severl times, > > but i did not succeed; dpkg terminates because of unspecified errors. > > Here is the log: > > > > > Unpacking replacement postgresql ... > > > Setting up postgresql (6.3.2-8) ... > > > Now installing the PostgreSQL database files in /var/postgres/data > > > su - postgres -c > > > PATH=/usr/uxs:/root/uxs:/root/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin:/usr/lib/postgresql/bin; > > > initdb -l /usr/lib/postgresql/lib -r /var/postgres/data -u postgres > > > dpkg: error processing postgresql (--install): > > [snip] > > I think the bug is in base-passwd. > > You need to edit /etc/passwd so that the shell is /bin/sh or similar. I > filed a bug report on base-passwd about this. > > Jeff > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: Problem installing a package with dpkg > Date: 28 Jun 1998 22:00:01 -0400 > From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Katharine Osborne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > KO> I'm trying to install the xlib6g package and am > KO> getting the following error: > KO> > KO> dpkg: error processing xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > KO> (--install): > KO> trying to overwrite > KO> '/usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.3', which is also in > KO> package xlib6 > KO> dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal > KO> (Broken pipe) > KO> Errors were encountered while processing: > KO> xlib6g_3.3.2.2-1.deb > > Hmm...you're upgrading from bo to hamm? Try installing the xlib6 > package from hamm before installing xlib6g. The hamm xlib6 packages > puts the libc5 versions of the X libraries someplace different, so the > two sets of libraries don't run into each other. > > -- > _____________________________ > / \ "Dad was reading a book called > | David Maze | _Schroedinger's Kittens_. Asexual > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | reproduction? Only one cat is in the > box." > | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Abra Mitchell > \_____________________________/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: adding pcmcia module for updated kernel > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 98 19:34:35 PDT > From: Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I recently installed the 2.0.33 kernel. Now I want to add the pcmcia module, > which is in a separate package. This module is already installed for the > previous version of the kernel, 2.0.30. I strongly suspect that I cannot just > create a pointer to /lib/modules/2.0.30/pcmcia in /lib/modules/2.0.33. > 'dselect' will not let me re-install the pcmcia module because it is already > installed. I don't want to remove it and re-install it, because then 2.0.30 > wont have a pcmcia module anymore, and I'm not yet ready to trust the new > kernel completely. I can think of some work-arounds but I'd like to know if > there is an approved way around this problem. > > Thanks and regards > > Tom Kuiper > -- > Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (137.79.89.31) > SnailMail: Jet Propulsion Lab 169-506, Pasadena, CA 91109 > Phone/fax: (818) 354-5623/8895 > WWW: http://DSNra.JPL.NASA.gov/~kuiper/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Autoup Upgrade (Was: Re: debian-user-digest Digest V98 #536) > Date: 28 Jun 1998 22:53:14 -0400 > From: Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Hi, > During the upgrade, autoup.sh must remove several critical > packages in order to upgrade them i.e. in bo, perl is one package; in > hamm perl is provided by perl-base and perl. The hamm version of perl > depends on perl-base, but perl-base conflicts with the bo version of > perl. Therefore it is necessary to remove the bo version of perl. > > Since many packages depend upon perl, dpkg must deconfigure these > packages, then remove perl. It then installs perl-base and perl in > sequence and configures the packages that were unconfigured. > During that process, a number of alarming warning messages are > generated. > > If autoup.sh completes normally (displays a message saying you > now have a libc6 system, and discusses wtmp and utmp), all of these > warning messages may be ignored. > > When you enter dselect after autoup finishes, the best course of > action is to use the access, update and install modules - don't even > enter the select module. In that case all packages on your system > that have an upgraded version (almost all of them) are automatically > upgraded without any further action on your part. You are then free > to use the select function to add any package you might desire. Most > development libraries are removed by autoup.sh, and are not > automatically replaced. Autoup.sh creates a file > "removed-<today's_date>" in the current directory recording the > packages that were removed. This provides a guide to the packages > that should be reinstalled with dselect or manually with dpkg -i. > > Bob > -- _ > |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9 > > Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just did an upgrade bo --> hamm using autoup.sh. > > > > Amazing. But, there are a number of steps which left me cold; and flipping > > a coinn for the right action. > > > > 1) during the autoup it had seeral "conflicts", adn it was not clear to me > > if I needed to do anything about them. E.g. I think it tried to remove > > something that depended on Perl, but I had perl installed, or something... > > "dependency problems .. libwww-perl depends on Perl, but perl is not > > installed. > > ... libnet > > > > Anyway, there was no clear indication if all was OK, if it was a comment, > > or if some remedial action was needed (later)., > > > > 2) After update, it says "now use dselect to upgrade the rest of your > > system", then reboot. > > > > ?? How do I know what to upgrade? I would like to say; "whatever needs an > > upgrade, if I have it installed, do it." > > Instead, I had to go through dselect, look at hundreds of packages, try to > > remember which I had selected, and decide if they need update. Am I missing > > something here? > > > > Greg Guthrie > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Dr. Gregory Guthrie > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (515)472-1125 Fax: -1103 > > Computer Science Department > > College of Science and Technology > > Maharishi University of Management > > (Maharishi International University 1971-1995) > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: installing a modem under debian 1.3 > Date: 28 Jun 1998 21:56:49 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > John Kloss writes: > > I have been told that /dev/cua# is deprecated and that docs using > > /dev/cua# are out of date... > > Yes. They will disappear soon. > > > I'm pretty sure that /dev/modem is just a symbolic link.. > > Yes. It's always a symbolic link. > > > so to make /dev/modem type ln -s /dev/ttyS2 /dev/modem > > Better to just use the appropriate device directly. The link solves > nothing. > -- > John Hasler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: anyone have libc6_2.0.7pre1-4.deb (for intel) ? > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 22:17:21 -0500 > From: Richard Kilgore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org > > I'm trying to figure out what broke my rsh and rlogin to user > root. If I do "rsh -l root localhost cmd" I get > > rcmd: localhost: Success > > as output, the cmd never happens, and there's nothing useful in > the log files. I just recently upgraded to libc6_2.0.7r-2, so > I'm suspecting the code in rcmd() code to start. > > - rick > > -- > Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Electrical & Computer Engineering | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ > The University of Texas at Austin | (512) 471-8011 > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: glibc / libc6 > Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 15:16:19 +1200 > From: "Chris Massam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > > Hi all, > > I was wondering if someone could tell me what the difference between > glibc and libc6 is, > > I've seen a few apps coming out these days written for libc5 or glibc > , no mention of libc6... is libc6 compatible with glibc. > > Cheers > > Chris > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: glibc / libc6 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:21:21 -0400 (EDT) > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>(Alex Yukhimets) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Massam) > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me what the difference between glibc > > and libc6 is, > > > > I've seen a few apps coming out these days written for libc5 or glibc , no > > mention of libc6... is libc6 compatible with glibc. > > libc6 is the name Debian uses for glibc2. They are just different names for > exactly the same thing. > > Alex Y. > > -- > _ > _( )_ > ( (o___ +-------------------------------------------+ > | _ 7 | Alexander Yukhimets | > \ (") | http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | > / \ \ +-------------------------------------------+ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: Re: glibc / libc6 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:29:22 -0700 (MST) > From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Chris Massam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Chris Massam wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I was wondering if someone could tell me what the difference between glibc > > and libc6 is, > > > > I've seen a few apps coming out these days written for libc5 or glibc , no > > mention of libc6... is libc6 compatible with glibc. > > glibc = Gnu libc = libc6 > > >From the GNU Libc FAQ: > > 2.1. Can I replace the libc on my Linux system with GNU libc? > > {UD} You cannot replace any existing libc for Linux with GNU > libc. It is binary incompatible and therefore has a different major > version. You can, however, install it alongside your existing libc. > > For Linux there are three major libc versions: > libc-4 a.out libc > libc-5 original ELF libc > libc-6 GNU libc > > You can have any combination of these three installed. For more > information consult documentation for shared library handling. The > Makefiles of GNU libc will automatically generate the needed symbolic > links which the linker will use. > > Bob > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe
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