ok, i got libc5_5.4.33-7.deb from hamm, and here's what i got: mattyt# dpkg -i libc5_5.4.33-7.deb dpkg: regarding libc5_5.4.33-7.deb containing libc5: libc5 conflicts with libc5-dev libc5-dev (version 5.4.33-6) is installed. dpkg: error processing libc5_5.4.33-7.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing libc5 Errors were encountered while processing: libc5_5.4.33-7.deb
...should i install libc6-dev 2.0.5c-0.1 first? thanks, matty Matt Thompson MZI, Inc. v-206.430.3726 707 S. Grady Way f-206.430.3420 Renton, WA 98055 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 14 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>>> "Matt" == Matt Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Matt> okay, i'm back in business, and per the HOWTO, i installed > Matt> ldso_1.9.5-1 without incident. the HOWTO said that next > Matt> would be libc6_2.0.4-1, but that, "...any later version > Matt> should also be acceptable", so I attempted: > > *snip* > > Matt> is there a way to replace libc5 while installing libc6? i > Matt> read dpkg --help, but didn't see anything there. it doesn't > Matt> mention anything special in the HOWTO, either. i'll read > Matt> 'info dpkg' in the meantime... > > Just upgrade your libc5 to the newest in hamm before you upgrade to > libc6. > > This should probably be mentioned in the HOWTO :) > > -- > Brought to you by the letters C and P and the number 3. > "My sister has three.. gender biases." -- Moxy Fruvous > Ben Gertzfield <http://www.imsa.edu/~wilwonka/> Finger me for my public > PGP key. I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox. > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .