Michael Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I have the stable 1.3.1 installed. However, as I look at unstable on > the ftp, I see lots of much more up-to-date and needed > packages.... built with libc6. I have browsed through the mailing > list archives, and found bits and pieces concerning the upgrade to > libc6, but no definitive guide. Could the knowledgeable people > answer some of the questions below, w/ private email if possible, as > I'm not subscribed to the list and can only look up the webified > archives. I will summarize any useful info I get and post to the > list. > > - is it worth it to have both libc5 & libc6 at the same time?
Yes. > - in other words, if I have only libc6, do I get to run libc5-based > packages? (I think not) You can have installed both versions simultanously. However, I think you can have only one development version installed, the people who reported problems probably replaced their libc5-dev with libc6-dev and run into problem because some libraries were missing. I have libc6 installed just for the current leafnode version to work. If you get some useful package that are linked against libc6 you should install it, I cannot think of any problem (of you install the shared lib only!). However, you will still have a libc5 based system (because new compiled programs will be linked against libc5) with the ability to execute programs built with libc6. > - if there're people who installed libc6 additionally to libc5, > starting from plain vanilla 1.3.1, could you please share a > step-by-step guide? Just fetch the package (wait a moment ...) libc6_2.0.4-1.deb and install it using dpkg -i libc6_2.0.4-1.deb No more, no less. > - in the advice already posted, I noticed the stuff about locales in > libc5 postinst. What got me interested is the ru_RU line (my > locale). Why is it mapped to ISO8859-5 instead of the proper > KOI8-R ? Or it is not mapped? Then what is the do_locale thing > doing. And does that mean that my combination of stable libc5 and > wg15-locale w/ 'export LANG=ru_RU' doesn't actually work as > expected? I can't help you there. I use the de_DE locale and ISO-8859.1 is the correct choice for me. Torsten -- "What a depressingly stupid machine" The Restaurant at the End of the Universe PGP Public Key is available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .