From: KIRSCH@ps1.iaee.tuwien.ac.at (Rainer Kirsch) Subject: [Q]Upgrading libc.so. Date: 28 Dec 1992 14:25:32 GMT
Hello Linux Fans!
Working with Linux 0.99p1 is great pleasure!
1.Upgrading libc.so (How to do really?)
To maximize functionality I got libc.so.4.2 per ftp. But ...
Upgrading from libc.so.4.1 to 4.2 isn't that easy. (The numbers apply to the
actual situation, but I ask for the principal algorithm)
My binaries (which are from SLS 0.98p1 distribution) look for libc.so.4 (not
trailing zero!) - so I had made a symbolic link
libc.so.4 -> libc.so.4.1
In order to make a new link, I removed the old one and uups ... I could not
do anything else. Of course! I installed a small system by usage of a1 and
a2 floppies of the SLS distribution, mounted my normal root-partition,
installed the new link and rebooted from the normal root.
My question is: Have I overseen some simpler possibility of procedure?
2.My second obstacle was the inability of any login using libc.so.4.2,
because I got messages telling me, that my login-daemon uses old-fashioned
calls. My search for a newer version ended in the result that only newer
binaries, but not sources are available (at nic.funet.fi, tsx-11.mit.edu).
What's the reason for inavailability of sources of available binaries???
Many thanks in advance for your response!
Rainer Kirsch
kirsch@ps1.iaee.tuwien.ac.at
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