Be very careful what you do with glibc. If you glibc is not installed/upgraded correctly, you will render your entire system unbootable, *permanently*.
If you're trying to reinstall the same exact RPM, then it should be safe, although i'd wonder why you're suddenly missing files. --- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found the libcrypt library in the col 2.4 disks. It is in the > glibc-2.1.2-3.i386.rpm > Is it safe to uninstall the old rpm before installing this one over > it? > Should I just use -force to make it install? > Is this a really bad idea? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
