"Alfredo C.Lopez" wrote: > > Hi ! > > I have a cluster of machines running Linux Mandrake 7.1 with the necesary > upgrades to run KDE 2 (installed in /opt/kde2 and coexist with the very old > kde1). > I make some upgrades without touching glibc (almost). This are the glibc > packages I have installed: > > glibc-profile-2.1.3-18.3mdk > glibc-devel-2.1.3-18.3mdk > glibc-2.1.3-18.3mdk > compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.9mdk > > I need to upgrade glibc from version 2.1.3 to version 2.2.x so I can run the > new intel fortran(and c++) compiler( and may be to run kde 3 and other stuff > :) ). > I try to make the upgrade some time ago.... but I had to unmade the > changes because the system experience problems like random errors.. > I googled and find out that is common to have problems when you upgrade > glibc. The other problem is that you need to reboot the machine to make the > upgrade (but I think this can' t be solved). > A couple of months ago it wasn't a problem ( I could find software for > mandrake compiled for the old glibc or I could recompile it in my system) but > right now that's not posible anymore. > More and more software need the new glibc. > > It's posible to keep the version of glibc and install the new one (may be in > other directory) and have both of them... may be with some magic :) ?. > Any comment is appreciate. >
Hmmm, I am not sure but it is a good question. I do know, however, that it is nearly impossible to upgrade a mandrake system from GLIBC 2.1.x to GLIBC 2.2.x without breaking most everything in the system, and consequently engendering suicidal ideation. My experience, and gut, tells me you could *not* have two different sets of GLIBC. The GLIBC program, being the basic libraries for just about everything you do in mandrake, involves too much interaction with the environment, creating, as I understand it, a complicated mix with such standards as locale, POSIX settings, environment variables, etc. You mess with this stuff, and you will probably live to regret it. But it would be great to hear from some programmers (any coders out there?) about this. I will add, however, that your question belongs on this list, and it most definitely falls within the purview of "expert". My hunch is that you can not do this, Afl drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net/resume.html Character is built upon the debris of despair --Emerson
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