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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> maybe I will leave this newest library.  Is there 
> anything else that should be added from SW81 to 
> make it a complete set of compiling libraries?  

binutils
gcc
kernel-headers
make

> There were five files that I added for compiling 
> - should I replace the other four as well to get 
> something consistent?  

The advantage of doing that is you end up with 
GCC-2.95.3, which is often recommended as the best 
version of GCC to use.

> If I leave the new glibc how do I remove the old one?  

I wouldn't worry about the old one.  It won't cause any harm.
If you really want to get rid of it, have a look in /lib.
You will see several parallel files:  one with a 2.1.3
designation and one with 2.2.5.  The relevant symbolic link
will be pointing to the 2.2.5 version.  You can simply delete
the 2.1.3  version.

> I recall doing a removepkg once when libraries were involved 
> stopped BL2 from working.  

Don't use removepkg for this.  It wasn't designed for this 
situation (where a different version of a library was installed 
right on top of an active library).  Removepkg might accidently 
remove something vital.  

Cheers,
Steven