Updating glibc

sundialsvcs · 08-29-2005, 04:12 PM

I need to update the glibc package from source, and I'm looking for a review on how to do it safely. Details appreciated...

My plan is this:

Move Copy? the contents of /lib and /usr/lib (Any others?) to another directory such as, say, /usr/glibc222.
Add this directory to the top (end?) of /etc/ld.so.conf and run /sbin/ldconfig -v.
Do a make install on the glibc, with TARGET=/usr.
Run ldconfig again.

What am I omitting? Anything?

Andrew Benton · 08-29-2005, 05:04 PM

Run Away! 'Tis doom to go further! Here be monsters! 'Tis doom I say!!!

Why not just cut to the chase and start reinstalling your system now?

sundialsvcs · 08-29-2005, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Andrew Benton
Run Away! 'Tis doom to go further! Here be monsters! 'Tis doom I say!!!
Why not just cut to the chase and start reinstalling your system now?

Aarrgh, yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum! What fun is that?

foo_bar_foo · 08-29-2005, 11:41 PM

Andrew Benton though he be British and to us most peculiar speaks the truth to you me thinks