> > Hi, > > I have a quick question about libc6. I see from the email describing the > new packages available that many are now built with libc6. Does this mean > that I need to have libc6 installed to run these packages.
Well, uhm, let's say yes. > I don't want to > install libc6 yet because of possible glitches. Thanks As far as I know, there are *no* glitches, at least not with the old libc5 programmes still on your system. The only thing that *might* go wrong, in case there are bugs in libc6, are the new libc6 programmes. And, as long as you don't install libc6-dev, and the latest libc6 gcc, you will still compile your programmes as libc5. So, the answer: go ehead, install libc6. One drawback: for libc6, you'll need ldso-1.9 (unstable) That one has no errors, (well, none that I know of), except that if you ever decide to downgrade ldso, it'll itself from the system, and your system will be unusable. But as long as you don't do that, I don't think you'll find problemes. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .