On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:16:47AM +0200, Angel Tsankov wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone tried to upgrade binutils, gcc and glibc from versions 2.15, > 3.4.3 and 2.3.4 respectively to more recent versions? If so, in what steps > did you do it? > > Regards, > Angel Tsankov > Well, back when I was running those versions, I upgraded to the next versions, so at that stage it wouldn't have been anything newer than 2.16.1, 4.0.3, 2.3.6 ( I no longer have notes from that far back ). But whichever version I'm upgrading from, the process is always the same - rebuild everything:
(i) Upgrade to the new kernel. Arguably, this is optional, but it allows me to test the .config on the old system, and then I can choose --enable-kernel=current when I build the new glibc. [ Maybe not a worthwhile switch, opinions were divided when this was last discussed ]. (ii.) Build LFS (so, you need a spare filesystem - I keep several on my desktop boxes, and they share /home). (iii.) Based on which packages you built for the current system, build everything else (BLFS and anything else you use). ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
