An offpoint but related question.... Does anyone know of an easy
way to get the glibc source files installed? The latest version
from gnu is 2.0.6 (btw, how can redhat have a later version that
gnu itself...) and the latest srpm from redhat is version 2.0.7-13.
I need the source files for debugging. Anyone know of a convenient
way to get the right source installed without making everything
get messed up?
Thanks,
Mark
On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Jim Burmeister wrote:
> Regarding upgrading glibc on Red Hat 5.0, Michael Sinz wrote:
>
> > Since you most resently fought with the problem, what is the best answer
> > here? (Other than to fix the wording to recommend to update to a known
> > working version of glibc. 2.0.7-19 seems to be a good one)
>
> It sounds like that's the best solution. Just put something in README.linux
> that says something like:
>
> Users of Red Hat Linux 5.0 that have never upgraded their glibc packages
> need to do so in order for the JDK to work properly. The version of
> glibc that ships with Red Hat 5.0 has bugs that will cause segmentation
> faults and other problems when using the JDK. Upgrading to the
> glibc-2.0.7-19 package available at ftp.redhat.com is recommended.
>
> If desired, you can also mention the security and other fixes in the updated
> glibc, in case you think people need more convicing that the upgrade is a
> good idea.
>
> -Jim Burmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
