glibc advice

[Tony Alfrey]

Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> Arrrgh!  Is this just a Caldera thing or have all of you guys lost the 
>> spirit of hacking?  If I told you I wanted to upgrade SuSE 8.1 (which 
>> has glibc-2.2.X) would you guys say the same thing?
> 
> Upgrading glibc is a challenge that I haven't yet mastered. It could
> cripple your whole system if you aren't careful.
> 

Yes, I have definitely heard this, so I don't ask the question lightly.
I did an upgrade before between different revs of 2.2.X and this went 
smoothly, but I suspect that this would be a different story.


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Tony Alfrey
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