>>>>> Nathan Meyers writes:
> The difficulty with the JDK1.2/Slackware installation turned out to be a
> very incomplete installation of glibc: libc.so.6 had been installed by
> copying, but none of the other hundreds of related libraries and support
> files was there.
> If anyone has some good words of wisdom on putting glibc on a libc5
> system, I'm sure some of the viewers would find the info useful. I know
> of some old, detailed instructions to install glibc from source
> (http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Glibc2-HOWTO.html), but I don't really
> know the story for glibc packages. Is it safe to drop in a glibc RPM or
> .deb -- does the installation successfully avoid breaking the system?
The glibc2-HowTo should mention the case of binary glibc packages.
It's not an easy task (neither is installing the sources) but it
should work if you take a day or so to read the documentation first
(especially glibc2 HowTo and glibc2 FAQ) and have backups handy.
Btw. Frodo Looijaard describes a different way installing glibc2 as
secondary libc at <http://huizen.dds.nl/~frodol/glibc> (don't know if
the link is still valid).
> How well do the distribution upgrades handle the migration to a new
> glibc?
The distributions should do well but using a distribution means
AFAIK updating your complete system.
> Anyone here have some relevant experience?
I'm only a glibc developer - and only switched once from libc5 to
glibc;-).
Andreas
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