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["Carl Reaburn" <carlreaburn AT attech.net.au>]

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Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: [BL] ipfwadm in BL3


> Carl Reaburn wrote:
> > /sbin<#>ls
> > halt              ipfwadm-2.3.0     poweroff
>
> That looks like the ipfwadm from Slackward 7.1
>
> > /sbin<#>ipchains
> > -sh: ipchains: not found
>
> That's the message you get when the executable depends
> on a missing library.  Packages from Slackware 7.1 use
> glibc2.  BL3 does not have that library -- it has libc5
> (the same library as Slackware 3 and 4).
>
> BL1:  Slackware 3.5 kernels/modules   Slackware 3.5 packages
> BL2:  Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 7.1 packages
> BL3   Slackware 7.1 kernels/modules   Slackware 4.0 packages
>
> With BL3 I went back to the old libraries (libc5) because
> they are significantly smaller/faster.  Slackware 4.0 was
> the last Slackware to use libc5.  The next Slackware (7.0)
> used glibc2.

I did use slackware 7.1, bugger!  Now how the hell am I going to get it all 
out again?  I don't suppose there is an uninstall?

Do I use slackware 7.1 or 4 for the kernel?  I used 7.1 and matched the 
package to the kernel.