Re: Kernel i686 and glibc i386 ?

[Jakub Jelinek <jakub redhat com>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 10:05:05AM +0100, Georges Rosset wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Linux RedHat 7.2 running on a PIII.
> The kernel running is the i686 version, however, for
> some reason, the glibc installed version is the i386 version. Is
> this normal ?

Nope.

> However, the system is working normally.
> 
> Could someone explain on which occurrence the i686 glibc library should
> be used, and if I should install it on this system instead of the i386 ?

It is an optimization. The i386 version should work, but i686 should
be faster and provide better threading support.

> And, more important, how the i686 version should be installed to replace
> the i386 without having to rebuild the system from scratch.

rpm -ivh --force glibc-2.*.i686.rpm

	Jakub