Are you saying that you installed the new version of glibc and, in so doing, removed the previous (2.1.x) version? So basically its safe to ugprade glibc without any special machinations?
--- Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:25:05 -0500 Jerry McBride <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > ---snip--- > > > Be alert! I had some issues with the new libraries! I've had a > couple of > > programs that will not run under glibc-2.2.4... such as mysql... > xmms... > etc. > > For the most part I'd say about 99% of what I have on this test > machine > > works. The rest I'll figure out later on. > > > > So beware! You're on your own on this one... :') > > > > I got it fixed... I finally got around to looking over me > makeinstall.std log > file. The last few lines indicated an install failure! Drat! No wonder > a > couple of programs aren't running.... > > So... before I drag out the backups and over-write the changes I > atempted... > I decided to try the install one more time. So... boot to single user, > run > "make install" and pipe the screen to log files... This time, the > bottom line > said... > > "Your new glibc installation seems to be ok. > make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/glibc/glibc-2.2.4' > " > > > I'm a winner! I did a shutdown, reboot and it's all back! Mysql, xmms > and a > couple > more that didn't work the last time. > > Yeah! > > Why it failed the first time? Beats me... but it's in there now. Now > to see > if I can figure out if glibc was compiled for my specific > architecture... ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ & Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
