rpm & glibc catch22

Collins Richey erichey2
Mon May 17 11:56:18 PDT 2004


On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 09:35:47 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Collins Richey wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 20:33:14 -0800 "Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > A week ago I upgraded glibc from 2.2.5 to 2.3.2, without any problems.
> > > I forgot at the time that glibc upgrades tend to break rpm.
> >
> > Words fail me.  Is RPM the BSOD of the linux world?
> 
> thanks for your profound wisdom.  Why are you wasting your apparent
> talents on computer issues when the world has so many bigger problems.
> 
> BTW, rpm isn't the only thing that can break when upgrading glibc.  bzip2
> and sed can also break.  Do you have any deep insight to offer on those
> two?
> 

Sorry, I'll leave the deep insights to others.  I'll be more careful to mark the
occasional bits of humor with <g>.  I get a real chuckle out of being labeled a
person with profound wisdom <g>.  Lighten up.



-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the 
worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.




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