Love it! thanks a ton. I'll give it a shot and let you know how i make
out with it. not to worry cause i've got all my data backed up nightly
and if it breaks i've got everything i need to reinstall.

Texstar wrote:
> 
> On Saturday 29 September 2001 06:32 am, you wrote:
> > Hi List,
> >
> > For the past few days i've been looking into upgrading Glibc on my
> > Mandrake 7.2 system from glibc-2.1.3 to glibc-2.2.1. So far i've not
> > found a lot said on the mailing list archives save a few vaporous
> > references to posts that i've not been able to locate. I don't doubt
> > their existance - just my ability to ask the correct question to flush
> > them out of hiding.
> >
> > Any thoughts, info, flames are welcome.
> >
> > thanks,
> 
> At one time I had a tutorial that if followed EXACTLY would upgrade your
> glibc on Mandrake 7.2  but its quite dated the the rpms no longer are
> available.
> 
> Here it is for a reference:
> 
> Download the following rpms from Mandrake Cooker:
> 
>  compat-glibc-7.2-2.1.3.2mdk.i586.rpm
>  glibc-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
>  ldconfig-2.2.1-7mdk.i586.rpm
>  ldetect-0.2.3-3mdk.i586.rpm
>  ldetect-lst-0.1.2-4mdk.noarch.rpm
>  locales-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch.rpm
>  locales-en-2.3.1-6mdk.noarch.rpm
>  sash-3.4-6mdk.i586.rpm
> 
> Create a directory called update in your home directory and copy the rpms
> into that directory.
> 
> Next open up a text editor and put the following information in a file:
> 
> /usr/X11R6/lib
> /usr/i386-glibc21-linux/lib
> 
> Save this file in your home directory as ld.so.conf
> You are going to need this file in just a minute.
> 
> Go to your console
> su to root
> 
> Change to your update directory:
> cd update
> 
> Install the rpms with the following command:
> rpm  -Uvh --force --nodeps *.rpm
> 
> (The reason for the force command is DrakConf will complain about a
> dependency issue which will go away once you run the ldconfig command as
> stated below)
> 
> cd  back to your home directory and copy the ld.so.conf file over to your etc
> directory:
> 
> cd ..
> cp ld.so.conf  /etc
> Overwrite /etc/ld.so.conf (Y)
> Press Y
> 
> Now run the following command:
> 
> ldconfig
> 
> Thats it. Now all your old stuff will still run just fine and you can use
> alot of the Mandrake Cooker RPMS!
> 
> Note: Do not try to update everything on your system. Do not force any
> updates. It is not recommended that you update rpm, menu or libstdc you will
> break your system. You have been warned! Not all Cooker RPMs will work with
> this setup. Use at your own risk. You are responsible for your own actions.
> 
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