[gobolinux-users] updating essentials

[Dan]

> Hi all,
>
> I installed 012 the other day, and set about updating the  
> essentials to get things up to date and working.
>
> Has there been a lot of changes since 012 to the Scripts/Compile  
> combo?

Yes.

> I did the InstallPackage on them both, and after sorting out the  
> Directories.conf problem seemed to be up and running.  Is there  
> something else that should also be updated for the gobo core?

Not really. You may want to install the latest version of Freshen,  
though.

>
> Next stage:
> I have upgraded gcc, and the kernel.  I tried glibc but it gave  
> issues and failed (I'll try and hunt up the error).  But there  
> seems a bit of a chicken and egg issue going on here, so which  
> should be first? GCC, Glibc, and then the kernel.

There are known issues with upgrading Glibc on Gobo. The new glibc  
installation causes ABI breakage for programs that the scripts need  
to continue running properly. The order you have looks right to me.

>
> Btw. again I was so impressed with the system, after the glibc  
> problem, both the kernel and gcc compiled without a hitch.
>
> After that?  Anything else I need to upgrade/install?  For instance  
> the unionfs is new to me.

For a big list of packages that are out of date on your system, you  
can type Freshen. Freshen can also semi-automatically update all  
those packages, too. See Freshen --help for more information.

As Lucas mentioned, you don't actually /need/ to install unionfs. All  
you should need todo, though, if you want to is modprobe unionfs. If  
you don't have the unionfs module, you'll need to rebuild your kernel  
with that module either available or compiled in directly, but thanks  
to Compile Linux, rebuilding a kernel's pretty easy work.


> Oh yeah, after my whinge about emacs and zile, I created a recipe  
> for zile as I realized there isn't one in the repos.  Guess I  
> better start subscribing to the recipe list so I can submit it.
>

Please do :)

> Thanks for the coming advice, and again beautifully designed  
> system. Now to figure out the boot scripts (something I have  
> thought in need of a revamp on unix systems for a while - esp. the  
> ridiculous systemV layout.
>
> Rohan
>
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