On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > On Monday 20 October 2003 05:03 am, Net Llama! wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Tony Alfrey wrote: > > > Hi; > > > > > > I've got an app that wants libc.so.6 (which I have) but it tells me > > > that it wants the version from glibc-2.2.4, while I have something > > > a little older, like glibc-2.2.1. glibc-2.2.4 and all its parts is > > > a big thing (maybe over 10 MB) and I seem to remember from the list > > > that upgrading this is a box breaker if not done right and that the > > > suggestion was that it is easier just to get a distro with this > > > already part of the installation. > > > Is my memory correct or is this something that actually slides in > > > with ease? > > > > No, your memory is correct, although upgrading glibc isn't > > neccesarily hard, its just not simple either. > > Yes, I read the SXS. My principle question is . . . > if I have applications complied earlier against glibc-2.2.1 and I > install glibc-2.2.4, will the applications now crash?
No. You're not removing glibc-2.2.1, you're just adding glibc-2.2.4. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
