I don't know why your system was unaffected. Did you also upgrade libc6-dev?
-- Andrew On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote: > Hi Andrew, > Rather mysterious. Nothing has broken. Restarted exim (in a deliberate > attempt to break it - if the problem was really there), and is continued to > work. Even rebooted (I would much rather have it break when I am expecting > it). Everything still works. And /sbin/ldconfig is still there. I don't > understand, but, nevertheless, I have downloaded the potato versions of the > the .debs needed to fix things should the need arise. > Is it possible that the problem is not universal? > > Thanks, > Bryan > > On Wed, Sep 27, 2000 at 06:25:55PM +0000, Pollywog wrote: >> >> On 27-Sep-2000 Bryan Walton wrote: >> > Hi, I have been following this thread today, very closely. Here is my >> > question,I did an apt-get -f install dist-upgrade (in unstable) this >> > morning >> > (as well as yesterday). So, I am sure that I am running this libc6 >> > package >> > that is breaking everything for everybody. However, I haven't had any >> > problems (so far). Exim is still working fine. What does this mean? >> > Should I count my blessings? Or will this libc6 package start breaking >> > things only if I reboot? >> > Just trying to be pre-emptive here. >> >> Have you tried restarting an MTA? Exim and Postfix will both break down. >> Also, make sure your /sbin/ldconfig is still there. >> >> -- >> Andrew > > -- > Bryan K. Walton > Network Operations Center Analyst > Berbee > 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 608.288.3000 > > Berbee...putting the E in business