Re: Upgrade

[Jan Carlson <janc iname com>]

Dean Michael Dorman wrote:
> 
> to take this one step further, if I have an old libc5 based distro installed
> and configured, is there an easy / feasible way to upgrade to the latest
> glibc2 distro without disturbing my configurations and without having to
> recompile all my code?

When you do the following, it should upgrade all the rpms
that were installed by an earlier RedHat distribution,
so all those programs will run with the current glibc.

Depending on what changes you made in package conf files,
the upgrade process may be able to translate them to work
with the new versions.  In any case, it leaves files for you
which are named *rpmsave, which you can compare with the
working version of the file and make corrections where necessary.

Any programs you compiled should still work if they are compatible
with the current version of libc5. libc5 will be upgraded too, if
it was originally installed from an rpm.  In practice you might need
to recompile some of the programs you compiled before the upgrade.

> The Offical Redhat Linux 5.2 Boxed Set includes
> a floppy, 3 CD's and a book.
> 
> The first CD also contains the boot floppy image
> images/boot.img.  You can use it to make (another) boot floppy.
> 
>   # cd /cdrom/images
>   # cp boot.img /dev/fd0
> 
> Boot from the new floppy.
> The floppy asks for the CD, and you're off.
> When given the choice INSTALL vs. UPGRADE, choose UPGRADE.
> 
> Jan Carlson
> janc iname com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Jan Carlson
janc iname com   Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2