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[Kunle 'bona <debona2 AT yahoo.com>]

well if you are not too finick about space you could just leave the older glibc files on your hard disk and write a small script to symlink the libraries you want to use depending on which - that is what i was about to do before i discovered that glibc2.3.1 worked
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006, David Moberg wrote:
>
> > 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
> I am using a 2.4.31 kernel on that computer, which also works
>  with BL3.
> We tried it on a laptop with USB.
>
> > 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.
>
> Is this the only reason not to upgrade from 9.1 to 10.2 glibc?
> With the SW10.2 kernel 2.4.31 and glibc I could then run some precompiled 
> programs from Slackware or elsewhere on one computer (and continue 
> compiling for glibc 2.2.5 on the other).
>
> I have BL2 on all the desktops and BL3 on the laptops, with kernel 2.4.31 
> as an alternate for occasional use with USB camera and memory stick, and 
> will try upgrading one of them to SW9.0 glibc.
>
> >> 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 meant 2.3.1.
>
> >> 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.
>
> Is this only if I continue to use a 2.2 kernel?
>
> I am using BL2, with a busybox 1.10 that I compiled myself (uClibc) and 
> kernel 2.4.31 for USB support (custom-compiled with scsi support and linux 
> on a scsi hard drive in two computers).
>
> Anything wrong with putting SW10.2 glibc on the desktops with kernel 
> 2.4.31 (BL2) and SW9.0 glibc on the dekstops and laptops with kernel 
> 2.2.26 (BL3)? Then I can use BL2 to print.
>
> I prefer not to use the larger kernel
>  on the laptops but maybe it won't 
> hurt, with 16-24MB RAM.
>
> >
> > David
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