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Alex Harford (alexh@dowco.com)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 21:36:47 -0800 (PST)
> Alex Harford <alexh@dowco.com> writes:
> > I was thinking of doing it, but d/ling all the new libc, *utils, etc
> > doesn't look very fun. Any tips on doing all of this?
>
> You need a new libc? I'm running 2.1.131 and didn't need to upgrade any
> libraries that I recall. I can't imagine 2.2 is much different, since
> it's only half a dozen or so patchlevels later. You do need a few new
> utils, but there's a guide with the kernel source on what you need and
> where to get it. I found the upgrade from 2.0.36 to 2.1.126 a while
> back to be mostly painless.
It said that I need to go from libc5.4.44 to 5.4.46 (Slackware3.5) If you
look at http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/kaboom/linux/Changes-2.1.x.html there
is a list of things to upgrade. Some are optional, ie; setserial, but
libc sounds important to me :)
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