On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote: > > Þann 18-Nov-97 skrifar Scott Ellis: > > On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote: > > > > NO! ABSOLUTLY POSITIVLY DO *NOT* PURGE LIBC5! YOU WILL TRASH YOUR SYSTEM > > BEYOND ALL HOPE OF REPAIR! > > > > What you do need to do if you're upgrading to a full hamm (unstable) > > system is to use dpkg to purge the existing '-dev' packages on your > > system. The existing librarys only need updated. > > > You can purge all libc5 programs, takes a trick or two though... > and it's the ONLY way to get a stable libc6 system.
I beg to differ here. My machine runs sync'd to hamm, but I still use several programs that are only libc5 (including netscape). Everything works fine, although with Netscrape running my memory useage is a bit on the cramped side. -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
