[plug] upgrade libc

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Tue Nov 27 11:23:14 WST 2001


On Monday 26 November 2001 21:44, Rob Dunne wrote:
>        How can  I safely upgrade libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.2) on a
> RH 6.1 machine to libc.so.6 (GLIBC_2.1.3) or higher.

> I have tried several ways -- but they all left the machine
> inoperative, and had to be fixed with a rescue disk.

Add the newer library, don't remove the older one.

Also a good route to take when trying a new kernel. (-:

Cheers; Leon (in pain and reaching for more drugs, urgh)



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