Re: Order of Required Upgrades??

Shaun Dunston (dunston@netins.net)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 20:42:23 -0500


Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
>
> I guess you should install a new libc and compiler if needed (or glibc),
> recompile ncurses, and be prepared to recompile vi and any other ncurses
> programs too I guess :) Make sure your libc/glibc and compiler are updated
> first. ldconfig, binutils and so on are also needed, just make sure your
> compiler tools are all up to date and include files (from libc) are good,
> then you can compile whatever you want cleanly.
>
> - lv
>
> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Shaun Dunston wrote:
>
> > Is there a specific order you have to upgrade the programs that are on
> > http://www.linuxhq.com/pgmup21.html, the required program upgrades for
> > kernel 2.1.x, to avoid shit loads of compiling errors? Like procps I
> > couldn't compile because of errors with termcap.h. So I upgraded my
> > ncurses but then that killed my vi so I downgraded to my original but
> > still haven't been able to compile procps error free. Also
> > net-tools-1.432 didn't compile either. It even said in the README file
> > that it should compile with no errors but I got shit loads of them. So
> > is there any order that I need to follow in upgrading these programs for
> > the 2.1.x kernels?? Thanks!!
> >
> > -Shaun Dunston
> > dunston@netins.net
> >
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Hmm damn, ok I guess I'll see what I can do. Also I forgot to say that
I am using Caldera OpenLinux 1.1 Base. If anyone out there has upgraded
to a 2.1.x kernel using Caldera 1.1 could you please tell me in what
order and how you did it all? Thanks!!

-Shaun Dunston
dunston@netins.net

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