[gobolinux-users] Re: Compiling Glibc 2.3.6 (Sean E.

[Hisham Muhammad]

On 5/17/06, V <mkdm_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On the Glibc issue,
>
> I agree 100% with Sean's comments ("SER") about Glibc.
>
> I've tried to install Gobo packages that say my glibc
> is out of date, would I like to upgrade?  I say "y"
> and then after some time the sytem is hosed -- the
> glibc update didn't work out.  How was I to know that
> this is a recipe that must be handled carefully?
>
> I think that if the Recipe (glibc in this case) cannot
> be used without some magic, it shouldn't be made
> generally available like any other Recipe.  I also
> think that any Recipe that lists a Glibc version as a
> dependency should be tripple-checked -- if one
> mistakenly answers "y" to upgrade all, system recovery
> is is painful.

Good point, especially the "any Recipe that lists a Glibc version as a
dependency should be tripple-checked" one. Until we have a way to list
version ranges in dependencies, Recipes shouldn't list a Glibc version
other than that shipped in the latest ISO.

-- Hisham