On Friday 01 February 2002 12:08, you wrote: Glibc is the core of the Linux operating system. When you tinker with that, you are basically tinkering with just about everything in the system.
I won't say that it can't be done, mainly because I've done it...with previous distros. But I will tell you that you're getting into a can of worms here. The dependencies will thread through a whole _bunch_ of packages on your system. To nutshell it, you will be using the --force option with rpm quite a bit. And of course, whenever you do that, you know that carries a large amount of risk with regard to the working state of all packages involved. Which basically involves almost everything. I'm not trying to discourage you here; in fact, I think you ought to try it. There may be someone here who has had direct experience with glibc upgrades and the Mandrake 8.0 distro; if so, I hope they will come forward. For myself, however, because of the snake bites I've had in the past with glibc upgrades, I prefer to move to the next distro in line; in this case, Mandrake 8.1. If you want a memorable experience, go the glibc upgrade route. If you want a time saving experience, go the route of the next highest stable distro. Good luck...and maybe someone else here has a glibc magic wand for you. Hopefully, anyway. > Hi everyone, > > What's the safier way to install the more recent glibc libraries ? I > just want to know how to upgrade from the glibc of MDK8.0 to those from > MDK8.1. > > I have already try to upgrade my system with the CD's but I lost my > system. So I won't try again.... > > Thanks a lot, > > Fred _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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