On Monday 20 October 2003 05:03 am, Net Llama! wrote: > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I've got an app that wants libc.so.6 (which I have) but it tells me > > that it wants the version from glibc-2.2.4, while I have something > > a little older, like glibc-2.2.1. glibc-2.2.4 and all its parts is > > a big thing (maybe over 10 MB) and I seem to remember from the list > > that upgrading this is a box breaker if not done right and that the > > suggestion was that it is easier just to get a distro with this > > already part of the installation. > > Is my memory correct or is this something that actually slides in > > with ease? > > No, your memory is correct, although upgrading glibc isn't > neccesarily hard, its just not simple either.
Yes, I read the SXS. My principle question is . . . if I have applications complied earlier against glibc-2.2.1 and I install glibc-2.2.4, will the applications now crash? Thanks. -- Tony Alfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'd Rather Be Sailing" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
