glibc - what is the stable release?

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Bill Campbell wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 05:20:29PM -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> ...
> >> AFAIK, they don't follow the same stable/unstable convention that the
> >> kernel follows, so 2.3.1 is s'posed to be the latest stable release.
> >
> >ahhh...ok, thanks.  so, has anyone upgraded a box from a 2.2.x version to
> >a 2.3.x version and lived to tell the tale?  is the procedure for building
> >2.3.x the same as the one for 2.2.x?
>
> IHMO, changing glibc is just asking for trouble since almost everything on
> the system depends on it.  Only slightly less dangerous is updating the
> Berkeley database libraries.

not neccesarily.  i've built & upgraded newer 2.2.x versions of glibc
before, and survived without a scratch.  i've also heard nighmare stories
of people trashing their systems by performing the upgrade incorrectly.


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