Re: libc5 / libc6

2000-09-27 Thread Barry Samuels
"Liam Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I decided to see if asking APT to install the libc5 package in > simulate mode would suggest the removal of libc6 and it doesn't, > which suggests I could simply install the libc5 package. However, I'm > too scared to do it without checking that I'm not

Re: libc5-compat

1999-06-24 Thread J.H.M. Dassen
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 17:59:13 +0200, Nikolaus A Siegfried wrote: > libg++.so.27 => /usr/lib/libg++.so.27 (0x40125000) This is from the libg++272 package; for use with libc6. Install the libg++27 package which has this library for use with libc5. HTH, Ray -- LEADERSHIP A form of self-

Re: libc5 segfault; rindex()

1999-01-12 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 03:33:13PM -0700, Scott Scriven wrote: > Hello.. > > I'm using Debian 2.0 i386 (hamm), and can't get libc5 programs to run. > > The libc5 package is installed, and I've tried upgrading to the most > recent frozen version. It hasn't helped. > > Every libc5 program gets a

Re: Libc5 and libc6 conflict

1998-08-10 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 03:05:26PM +0200, Yves Van de Weyer wrote: > Hello, > > I installed Debian Linux 2.0.29 and wanted to add support for ppp. 2.0.29 is NOT a "debian version" it is the version of the Linux kernel itself. However...if your kernel version is 2.0.29 and you havn't upgraded it o

Re: libc5 vs. libc6

1998-06-12 Thread Ed Cogburn
Brian Morgan wrote: > > I'm having trouble setting up xwindows in debian 2.0. I install > Xwindows as an option when installing debian 2.0 (kernel 2.0.33), but > get error messages all over the place about missing libraries when I > type xdm or startx. In running dselect, I see that I have libc6

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-03 Thread Tor Slettnes
> "Noah" == Noah L Meyerhans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Tor" == Tor Slettnes wrote: Tor> It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my Tor> $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, libc5 applications such as Netscape, Tor> StarOffice 4.0 and WordPerfect causes segmentation fault Tor> right awa

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-02 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 03:34:20AM -0700, Tor Slettnes wrote: > Again, the problem goes away without /usr/X11R6/lib in > LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Why do you need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH anyway? Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ft

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-02 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 2 Jun 1998, Tor Slettnes wrote: > > It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, > libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and WordPerfect > causes segmentation fault right away. Here's my best attempt at an explanation of all

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-02 Thread Christian Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 02 Jun 1998, Tor Slettnes wrote: >> "Christian" == Christian Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, >>> libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and >>> WordPerfec

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-02 Thread Tor Slettnes
> "Christian" == Christian Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, >> libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and >> WordPerfect causes segmentation fault right away. >> >> I then tried the glibc2 (li

Re: libc5 applications (Netscape, StarOffice, WordPerfect) segfault

1998-06-02 Thread Christian Zander
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 02 Jun 1998, Tor Slettnes wrote: >It seems that if I have /usr/X11R6/lib in my $LD_LIBRARY_PATH, >libc5 applications such as Netscape, StarOffice 4.0 and WordPerfect >causes segmentation fault right away. > >I then tried the glibc2 (libc6) version of Nets

Re: Libc5 vs Libc6: help me, please!

1998-03-23 Thread Peter Moulder
Nuno Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I try to install libc6 I get messages of dependencies with libc5! > :-( > I can't remove the libc5 package! > > How should I install libc6 ? The way I did it was to upgrade my libc5 to the latest package version (i.e. from hamm) first. (libc6

Re: Libc5 vs Libc6: help me, please!

1998-03-22 Thread Oliver Elphick
Nuno Carvalho wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install KDE, and some others things, but it needs libc6. > When I try to install libc6 I get messages of dependencies with libc5! >:-( > I can't remove the libc5 package! No, you must first upgrade libc5. The full instructions are in the

Re: libc5 (not libc6) by default? (was: CDE)

1998-02-11 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Alex Yukhimets wrote: > > I just tried installing the RedHat CDE package into a Debian unstable > > system. It was compiled with an oldish version of libc5 and not libc6 > > which the unstable release is based on. I was successful in > > converting the rpm files to deb files

Re: libc5 (not libc6) by default? (was: CDE)

1998-02-11 Thread Carey Evans
Alex Yukhimets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm sure there is not the problem that the package is not *.deb. > The problem here is that it was not linked with specific major version > of libc. If you try to do "ldd /path/to/some/CDE/executable/or/library" > I bet that you'll get dependence on lib

Re: libc5 and libc6

1998-01-19 Thread Scott Ellis
On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Tom Ed White wrote: > Is it possible to use libc5 and libc6 together? There are a couple of > programs in "hamm" that I would like to try, but I heard somewhere that > the two libs can't both be installed. http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/ -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Libc5 / Libc6

1998-01-15 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond the > stable distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but > that conflicts (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ > large number of programs. =:

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > I tried to be clear but... anyway, my /etc/nsswitch.conf looks like this: > > #---cut here to damage your monitor-- > # /etc/nsswitch.conf > # > # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. > # > > passwd: c

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nils Rennebarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >As for documentation try the command > info libc >then look at the section >* Name Service Switch Well you could also just read the /usr/doc/nis/nis.debian.howto.gz file which explains everything in detail. Mike. --

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jan 14, 1998 at 09:18:55AM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Nils Rennebarth wrote: > > > passwd: db files > > > group: db files > > > shadow: db files > > For these three replace "db files" with "compat" and you should be done. > How should it read? The HOW

Re: Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Joost Kooij
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > Also, I am in Panic Mode now. > * If I am unable to log in as root, how do I fix what I did to > nsswitch.conf? I was sensible enough to backup the old file before > making the changes. I am unable to locate my emergency disk (or > whatev

Panic - Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Sudhakar Chandrasekharan
Nils Rennebarth wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in > > YP. > > $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > > passwd: db files > > group: db files > > shadow: db files

Re: libc5-libc6 Upgrade - Problem logging in with username in NIS

1998-01-14 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 09:26:27PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > After the upgrade, I am unable to log into my machine with a username in > YP. > > $ cat /etc/passwd > > ...some stuff... > > +::0:0::: OK > $ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf > passwd: db files > group: db files

Re: libc5 - libc6 Upgrade Roadmap?

1998-01-14 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Scott Ellis wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > > > * I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free > > tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is > > there a possibility that NFS might stop working

Re: libc5 - libc6 Upgrade Roadmap?

1998-01-13 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > I read the mini HOWTO and reports in this mailing list about unstable > being "stable enough". My machine is kind of a production server. The > world would not end if it goes down for a day or so. But still it is > important to have it up a

Re: libc5 - libc6 Upgrade Roadmap?

1998-01-13 Thread Will Lowe
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > * I am downloading the entire hamm binary-i386, contrib and non-free > tree to a directory (actually, my home directory) on an NFS server. Is > there a possibility that NFS might stop working during the upgrade > process? Why don't you just u

Re: Libc5 / Libc6

1998-01-12 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > I want to upgrade one or two of the packages on my system beyond the stable > distribution. The newer packages are all requiring libc6, but that conflicts > (in DSELECT) with libc5 which is a dependence to a _very_ large number of > programs.

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-10 Thread Tim Sailer
Igor Grobman wrote: > > > This version should be close to good enough. The major change since the last > one that was posted is the ability to upgrade from files in the current dir > instead of a local mirror requirement. llug.sep.bnl.gov is a public nfs mount for debian. You can point the s

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Craig Sanders
On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Lindsay Allen wrote: > I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a > freshly installed bo. > > Watch out for line folding. > > # sanity check that we are in the right place > [ -f base/libc6_* ] || exit 9 9 is already used for perl_base failure.

Re: libc5 to libc6 auto-upgrade script

1998-01-09 Thread Lindsay Allen
I hope this is the final version for a while. The script works here on a freshly installed bo. Watch out for line folding. --- cut here --- #! /bin/sh # upgrade a libc5 (bo) machine to libc6 (hamm). # based on Scott Ellis' excellent "Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO" # document at http://www

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Jameson Burt
> > > > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > > person > > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > > consumes > > > weeks of time. You might

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install

1997-12-24 Thread Scott K. Ellis
On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Jameson Burt wrote: > This seems the correct approach. So, the libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO should say > not just >The minimum list of packages to install to be able to run unstable- >branch packages is below. Install these packages one at a time in >exactly the order

Re: libc5 to libc6

1997-12-03 Thread Frank Barknecht
G. Kapetanios hat gesagt: // G. Kapetanios wrote: > > Hi, > > A friend wants to upadate from libc5 to 6 . I have done that some time ago > and can't rember the exact order . Can somebody let me know of the http > address for libc5 tp libc6 HOWTO ? > - From the Howto: - 1.2. Finding update

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-17 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, George Bonser wrote: > Didn't save me. I followd the instructions on an old test system here and > STILL managed to blow it up. I was tired and cranky ... got to the part where > I > manuall did a dpkg on libc6 ... but it conflicts with libc5 ... (dpkg -i > libc6_2.0.4-1.i38

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
Maybe I have an old version ... at the very end it finally mentiones the conflict. the last item in the howto. I think it should be moved up to where the lists of packages you need are mentioned. On 16-Nov-97 joost witteveen wrote: > > I'm sure that is mentioned in the libc5-libc6-mini-ho

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread oehansen
Þann 16-Nov-97 skrifar Jameson Burt: > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You

Re: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread joost witteveen
> > > > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > > person > > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe > > consumes > > weeks of time. You might save tens of p

RE: libc5 to libc6: purge or install *-dev?

1997-11-16 Thread George Bonser
> > Your libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.txt saves many people from ruinning their > operating systems. A few changes could save a few more people. When a > person > ruins zher operating system by badly adding packages from hamm, zhe consumes > weeks of time. You might save tens of people a hundred w

Re: libc5 vs libc6

1997-11-02 Thread David Puyrear
Phil Nitschke wrote: > > I'm trying to delete older version(s) of tcl and Tk and install Tcl8.0 > and Tk8.0 using dselect (kernel rev. 2.0.30). > > The problem is that Tk8 requires libc6 which conflicts with libc5 > which is required by half the other applications I've got installed. This is kno

Re: libc5 vs libc6

1997-11-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
Phil Nitschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to delete older version(s) of tcl and Tk and install Tcl8.0 > and Tk8.0 using dselect (kernel rev. 2.0.30). > > The problem is that Tk8 requires libc6 which conflicts with libc5 > which is required by half the other applications I've got insta

Re: libc5 Sendmail 8.8.7?

1997-10-07 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 12:44:28AM -0400, Eloy A. Paris wrote: : 8.8.5 is broken if you use maps. I applied the following patch that I found : in www.sendmail.org and now my Sendmail 8.8.5 works fine. I'll start : fighting Spam right now!!! (Yah :-) Welcome to the battle! I see what the p

Re: libc5 Sendmail 8.8.7?

1997-10-07 Thread Eloy A. Paris
At 06:16 PM 10/6/97 -0400, Jason Costomiris wrote: >On Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 01:45:52AM +, Eloy A. Paris wrote: > >: I do need some of the anti-spam features present in Sendmail 8.8.7 >: (8.8.5, the latest libc5 version, should have these anti-spam >: features but they seem to be broken). > >8.

Re: libc5/libc6 cohabitat ; locales

1997-08-12 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
Michael Bravo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I have the stable 1.3.1 installed. However, as I look at unstable on > the ftp, I see lots of much more up-to-date and needed > packages built with libc6. I have browsed through the mailing > list archives, and found bits and pieces conc

Re: Libc5: Idconfig error

1997-07-28 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, K.Y.Lo wrote: : I have the basic debian 1.2, installed Libc5 and Binutils but it was an error. : : install Libc5.deb then what happened? : : ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/local/lib (no such file or directory), : skipping. : : i know that, but i dont know what

Re: Libc5

1997-07-22 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Bruno O. M. Simoes wrote: > Hi all > I have to install libc5-dev, but a dependency problem occurs with my > libc5 > version. While I have 5.4.23-6, dpkg askes 5.4.33-3 libc5. How can I get a > newer version of libc5.deb, for easy installation? Or can I force dpkg to > i

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-19 Thread joost witteveen
> > > > You almost certainly can compile them > > OK. libc6 was one of the suspects when trying to compile lyx. > ultimately I had to do a clean install (we hadn't found out about the > hardware problems yet, either). Note, BTW (just realise this) that if lynx has non-POSIX stuff in it (forget

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-19 Thread Rick Hawkins
> You almost certainly can compile them OK. libc6 was one of the suspects when trying to compile lyx. ultimately I had to do a clean install (we hadn't found out about the hardware problems yet, either). > You shouldn't use programmes that use xforms anyway, as it's non-free > software. Thi

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-19 Thread joost witteveen
> > The burning quesiton on my mind is with regard to mixed applications. > Lyx, in particular, relies on xpm and xforms, which are compiled with > libc5. Can I stil compile lyx with libc6? You almost certainly can compile them You probably will not run into problems using the resulting binary,

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-19 Thread Rick Hawkins
The burning quesiton on my mind is with regard to mixed applications. Lyx, in particular, relies on xpm and xforms, which are compiled with libc5. Can I stil compile lyx with libc6? rick -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-19 Thread Ed Donovan
> "Paul" == Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Paul> How can I install *BOTH* libc5 and libc6?? Can't we all just Paul> get along? -Paul As people have said, you can install them both--the packages named 'libc5' and 'libc6'. The complications are in the '-dev' packages and the

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-17 Thread Dave Cinege
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 23:17:08 -0400, Paul Miller wrote: >How can I install *BOTH* libc5 and libc6?? Can't we all just get along? dpkg -i libc6 ; > They coexsist fine, and I'm happy to say I'm now running apache 1.2.0 (a libc6 compile) -

Re: libc5 and libc6

1997-07-17 Thread joost witteveen
> How can I install *BOTH* libc5 and libc6?? Can't we all just get along? Just install them. There's no problem. -- joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] #!/usr/bin/perl -sp0777ihttp://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PR

Re: libc5

1997-07-05 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi Jesse, I think the reason for this might be that the 'real' C library in unstable is glibc-2, aka libc-6. It's the latest GNU C library with many new things I don't have the slightest idea of ;-) Fun, Andree -- | Institute of Geophysics phone: +49 40 4123 4389

Re: libc5 version 5.4.23-6

1997-06-06 Thread joost witteveen
> I'm not sure what the sequence was but I somehow have managed to get > a version 5.4.23-6 of libc5 installed. Running dselect using the ftp > method from ftp.debian.org and with the distributions as > frozen unstable hamm/contrib hamm/non-free > shows version 5.4.23-4 of libc5 as the available

Re: libc5 warnings on upgrade to 1.3

1997-06-06 Thread Lee Bradshaw
>> kayak2 /home/bradshaw/dnload # dpkg -i libc5_5.4.23-6.deb >> ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libc.so (No such file or >> directory), skipping >> ldconfig: warning: can't open /usr/lib/libm.so (No such file or >> directory), skipping >> >> Afterwards, >> >> /usr/lib/libc.so -> /lib/libc.so

Re: libc5 warnings on upgrade to 1.3

1997-06-06 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Lee Bradshaw wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I was following the readme on the ftp site for upgrading. ldso upgraded > with no warnings, but I got the following messages when upgrading libc5. > > > kayak2 /home/bradshaw/dnload # dpkg -i libc5_5

Re: libc5-dev and kernel-source

1997-05-16 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Thomas" == Thomas Gebhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thomas> Hello, How do the include files in /usr/include/linux relate Thomas> to the files in /usr/src/kernel-source-/include/linux ? Thomas> Most of the include files are identical, others are Thomas> different. Isn't this a possib

Re: libc5

1997-02-20 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Franck LE GALL - STAGIAIRE A FT.CNET/LAB/FCI/PIH wrote: > Hello, > > I have got Debian 1.2 installed on my system. I tried to > install the non-free package scilab using dpkg. dpkg complains > about libc_5.4.17-1 or more. I have libc5_5.4.13-1 installed on my >

Re: Libc5 woes

1996-11-10 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, Bruce Perens wrote: > Look at some of the environment variables that are set when root logs in. > Look especially at $SHELL and $PATH. Type "alias" and see if any well-known > programs are aliased. These would be set by files like /root/.profile . You were right. Ron Murray

Re: Libc5 woes

1996-11-08 Thread Bruce Perens
Look at some of the environment variables that are set when root logs in. Look especially at $SHELL and $PATH. Type "alias" and see if any well-known programs are aliased. These would be set by files like /root/.profile . Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FR

Re: libc5-dev upgrades

1996-10-23 Thread David Engel
Arrigo Triulzi writes: > I know that it is intended that kenel header files come with > libc5-dev and are not symlinks to the kernel source tree. Ok, this > said let us come to my humble request: I would dearly like to use the > symlink to my current kernel source on all boxes, this is becaus