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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

sindi keesan wrote:

> It worked for me to install just a few files (ld-linux, libc and libm, I
> think) in order to use Opera 7.  Plus some X libraries.

Plus the glibc networking libraries, even though they are not listed
by ldd for some reason.

> But what about the SW10.2 glibc?

SW10.2 glibc does not work with Linux 2.2.x, so you should not try it
unless you are planning a kernel upgrade as well. The SW10.2 glibc
does not work with kernel 2.2 because support for 2.2 was left out
during compiling to slightly reduce the size.

> It is not all that simple to downgrade a library.  I think I would need to
> boot with some other linux, delete everything 2.3.2, run ldlinux - is that
> right?  And first download the 2.3.2 so libs for 30 minutes.

The 2.3.1 solibs package is 1.0MB.

> I can't really lose by doing another upgrade to the SW10.2 glibc first and
> trying abiword with that.  (First we may upgrade the power supply so it
> will boot more than once a day).

All of your glibc applications will stop working if you switch to
SW10.2 glibc. However, if you still have BL3 busybox, this will not
prevent BL3 from booting.

David