[gobolinux-users] Upgrading glibc

[Michael Homer]

On 3/28/07, Hello There <goboster at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if someone could clearly delineate the steps taken to upgrade
> glibc. The last time I accidentally added it to my list of things to upgrade, I
> had to boot a live cd to relink in the old version :P
>
> What I've gotten out of some previous messages is:
> Upgrade kernel & reboot
> upgrade glibc & reboot
Upgrade kernel (to >=2.6.20), reboot, upgrade glibc should be all you
need. Rebooting again might make things a touch more stable, though.
You shouldn't have to recompile the kernel after that. If you used the
kernel package (is there one?) then you might well want to though,
although I don't really see the point in downloading the binary and
then the source afterwards...

If you compile your own glibc you probably don't actually need to
upgrade the kernel either, although it's never a bad idea to do that
anyway.
-Michael