[techtalk] Glibc

[Beverly Guillermo]

> I installed Slackware 4.0, then I upgraded my kernel from 2.2.6 to
> 2.2.12.
> 
> What am I going to break if I install glibc2?
> 
> I am finding that several programs I would like to use, like StarOffice,
> require glibc2, but claim that I do not have such.

Technically, nothing should "break", you'd still have the old libc
files on your sytem.

The newest version of Slack will be based on the glibc2.1 libaries or
you can go to the development directories and get the appropriate
tarballs for the upgrades. =)

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Beverly Guillermo                                         [[mezanin]]
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