Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-25 Thread William Immendorf
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Richard Melville wrote: > William, it's no good just repeating the same thing like a mantra -- show us > the proof. OK: A newer version of LFS is more optmized for newer systems. Also, very old versions don't even compile on newer machines and host systems, like 6.

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-25 Thread Richard Melville
William Immendorf wrote: > BUT, if stabilaty on recent systems is your goal, you should use 6.4. William, it's no good just repeating the same thing like a mantra -- show us the proof. Richard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lf

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-24 Thread William Immendorf
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: > Perhaps you know something I do not. I did read the release > notes for several packages' differences between the versions used > in book 6.3 and 6.4, and I didn't notice any additional > architectures added. I saw defect repairs, and some sec

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-24 Thread richard.melville
> William Immendorf wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Mike McCarty > > wrote: > >> If the same versions are used as specifically mentioned in the 6.3 book, > >> they'll work today > >> just like they did when the book was "new". > > > That's WRONG!! They will not work with recent sys

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread Mike McCarty
William Immendorf wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Mike McCarty > wrote: >> If the same versions are used as specifically mentioned in the 6.3 book, >> they'll work today >> just like they did when the book was "new". > That's WRONG!! They will not work with recent systems. Try it and se

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread Bruce Dubbs
William Immendorf wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Mike McCarty > wrote: >> If the same versions are used as specifically mentioned in the 6.3 book, >> they'll work today >> just like they did when the book was "new". > That's WRONG!! They will not work with recent systems. Try it and s

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread William Immendorf
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Mike McCarty wrote: > If the same versions are used as specifically mentioned in the 6.3 book, > they'll work today > just like they did when the book was "new". That's WRONG!! They will not work with recent systems. Try it and see. William -- http://linuxfromscr

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread Mike McCarty
William Immendorf wrote: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM, khaled gouaich > wrote: >> I use ubuntu 8.04 & LFS book 6.3 > Best solution: Don't use 6.3. That book is obslete, and it's trouble > following that book. Try ether 6.4, or if you are adventurous, try a > development version. I agree wit

Re: glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread William Immendorf
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:15 PM, khaled gouaich wrote: > I use ubuntu 8.04 & LFS book 6.3 Best solution: Don't use 6.3. That book is obslete, and it's trouble following that book. Try ether 6.4, or if you are adventurous, try a development version. William -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/

glibc-2.5.1 installation fails

2009-06-23 Thread khaled gouaich
Hi, i got this errors while installing (make install) glibc-2.5.1 at section 6.9.1 //* /tools/bin/install -c /sources/glibc-build/iconv/iconv_prog /usr/bin/iconv.new /tools/bin/install: accessing `/usr/bin/iconv.new': Not a directory make[2]: *** [/usr/bin/iconv]