I've started to grow rather tired of the fact that all of the boxes that i'm running are glibc-2.1.x based, instead of the newer (and quasi-standard) glibc-2.2.x. This of course means that i must always build from source in order to use anything, since virtually no one is building RPMs against glibc-2.1.x anymore. I've heard the nightmare trainwrecks of improperly upgrading a box from glibc-2.1.x to glibc-2.2.x, so i'm quite leary of doing it wrong. I've read the (rather outdated) SxS from Dave Bandel on upgrading glibc, and what i'm taking away from it is basically that i can't just do a standard upgrade of glibc, since every binary on my box is dependent upon the existing version for functionality. So, the only safe way to do the upgrade is to actually install the newer glibc-2.2.x side-by-side with the older glibc-2.1.x, and then for anything i compile in the future, explicitly specify that it should be compiled against glibc-2.2.x.
So, am i right, or am i missing something? Any other gotchas? ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
