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From: tdrueke <tdrueke@×××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: what about glibc upgrade (was: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 4.1 with gentoo 2006.1)
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:35:55
Message-Id: 1157049100.13259.11.camel@halde.meinedomain.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gcc 4.1 with gentoo 2006.1 by "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
1 Sorry for capturing the thread. :)
2
3 What about the glibc upgrade from 2.3 to 2.4.
4 Does the same concerning "emerge -e world" apply here
5 (e.g. it is recommended to do it) ?
6
7 Or is it a more relaxed situation and simply emerging glibc 2.4 is
8 enough ?
9
10 BR
11 Thomas
12
13 On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 12:48 -0500, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
14 > Dale wrote:
15 > > Since this is a major upgrade you may want to reconsider. So I guess it
16 > > depends on how much risk you want to take with it. If anything, at
17 > > least do a emerge -e system. That should get you booted even if the GUI
18 > > fails for some reason.
19 > >
20 > > Dale
21 > > :-) :-)
22 > >
23 >
24 >
25 > As has always been the case, C++ applications are probably the most
26 > likely to be affected by ABI changes. So, if you run KDE or Qt apps,
27 > then it is probably a very good idea to rebuild world.
28 >
29 > Tom
30 >
31 >
32
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