begin quote On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 22:25:17 +0300 (IDT) Scharf Yuval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > Can someone describe in a few sentences why it is so "dangerous" to > install a newer version of glibc. > > And also what is the gain from getting NPTL? Do you think it improves > performance very much? When is it suppose to be part of the stable > version? nptl 0.55 is in a KEYWORDS="-*" masked version of glibc it needs kernel 2.5* (preferrably 2.6 to build) 2.6 is testing, bloody edge and prone to do weird things at times if you downgrade to 2.4 you get "error, tried to kill init. kernel panic" messages. Generally, it worked. until my harddrive died. then the machine didn't work anymore. :( //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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