I did a quick search for "libc" at rpmfind.net and I found a number of Mandrake
and Mandrake Cooker packages. What is the problem?
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:17:21 -0400, "Charles A. Punch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:18:01 -0400, mcoady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>In my ongoing attempt to get Mandrake8 to accept an earlier version of WP8,
I
> >>
> >tried to install the earlier library libc5 via rpm.
> >
> >>However I get the message: "file /etc/nsswitch.conf from install of
> >>
> >libc5-5.4.38-3 conflicts with file from package glibc-2.2.2-3.mdk
> >
> >>Does this not mean that the older library cannot coexist with a newer one?
> >>
> >
> >Is the libc package a Mandrake 8.0 RPM?
> >
> I am having a similar problem. The only RPM I could find was a Caldera
> one. This is the same one that I used before and it worked fine. WhenI
> try to unpack it, I get an error message. I have since made many
> changes to my system, so I am thinking that it may be another conflict
> within my system and not a problem with the RPM itself. Just guessing.
>
> ShalomOut
> Chal
> Elder PCUSA
> Registered Linux user #217118
>
>
>
> >If so, try this:
> >
> >1. Make a backup of /etc/nsswitch.conf
> >2. Install libc5
> >3. Restore the old /etc/nsswitch.conf, in place of the new one
> >4. Install WP8.
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