Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading glibc and glib
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:28:30
Message-Id: 200904051928.26732.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading glibc and glib by "P.V.Anthony"
1 On Sunday 05 April 2009, P.V.Anthony wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > Did a emerge --sync and emerge -pv --update --deep world and noticed
5 > that glibc and glib needs to be upgraded.
6 >
7 > The current version of glibc is 2.6.1 and it needs to be upgraded to
8 > version 2.8_p20080602-r1.
9 >
10 > As for glib, the version is 2.18.4 and it needs to be upgraded to
11 > version 2.18.4-r1.
12 >
13 > Feeling a little worried as these are live servers.
14 >
15 > Should these upgrades be done?
16
17 probably
18
19 > If these upgrades are done, do all the
20 > applications need to be recompiled?
21
22 glibc: NO not one app needs to be recompiled.
23 glib: should be NO.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Upgrading glibc and glib "P.V.Anthony" <pvantony@×××××××××××.sg>