Yup, sorry, kernel does NOT rely on glibc, early morning moment... Still, I think the gen consensus is, don't bother doing this.. :) -C
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM, John Summerfield <deb...@herakles.homelinux.org> wrote: > Corey Kovacs wrote: >> >> If you _could_ do it, I wouldn't trust it and I'd only even bother in >> an extreme case of "There is no way to save off the configs and >> rebuild." >> >> Now, if I was in that particular situation, I might try doing an >> _install_ not an upgrade of the 32 bit versions of the following >> >> The problem I see with the suggestion before this is glibc and the >> kernel. The kenrel uses glibc so if you I _believe_ you need to have >> them both installed and ready to go before you reboot and remove the >> old glibc. > > > No part of the kernel uses glibc. However, glibc does talk to the kernel. > > I'm inclined to think Colin's approach will work, but I'd want a 54-bit > rescue system to hand (a live CD would do), just in case. RPM and YUM both > can update another system via --root options. > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > John > > -- spambait > 1aaaa...@coco.merseine.nu z1aaaa...@coco.merseine.nu > -- Advice > http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 > > You cannot reply off-list:-) > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
