Updating gclib?
 

[EDIT] See below posts, I am trying to "uninstall" what I did.


I'm trying to update gclib to 2.3.6 following this tutorial, but got an error when doing the Make.

did you upgrade the "make" package first as suggested??
and did you upgrade the gcc package as suggested??

Yes, Make is the latest stable version already.

Yes, I have gcc 3.x.

Glibc is special. Glibc is different. :eek: Attempting to update glibc without knowing what you are doing can render your system inoperable! :eek:

Generally, glibc is updated only as part of the process of installing a completely new distribution on the machine, or a completely new release of the same. I advise you to do likewise.

Here's why: of all of the shared libraries on your system, glibc is used by nearly all programs on your system, including ones (like init, or basic commands) without which your system cannot run or cannot be used. If you botch the update, there's no easy way to get back out.

Furthermore, glibc is dependent upon which version of the kernel you are using. If you're running a 2.4 kernel, you can't move to later versions of this library. You have to: upgrade your kernel, boot into it, build the library, bring all of the core-programs forward . . . :rolleyes:

That is to say, you have to: install a new version of your distro, following their proscribed installation procedures. Sit back and watch the blinking lights. :)

Been there... http://www.linuxfromscratch.org... done that... screwed it up once :rolleyes: ... okay, make that twice ... finally did it. Don't do it.

Wait... So I followed that tutorial up to the make part (which failed)... Should I revert something? Are things changed already, and problems may arise?

that tutorial is old and sucks. (person was lucky if it worked) and the stuff about the headers is odd.
don't follow instructions for the wrong version either.
basically like everyone says fix your headers back like they were and be glad you didn't get to the install part. cause then you machine most likely wouldn't work.

No one had said that...

How do I do that?

that would be to follow the instructions you cited in reverse
to reverse the instructions you followed.

I still don't understand. What's the reverse of say, step #2? The reverse of doing a copy? I also don't know how to reverse the ../configure or anything.

Anyone? I am a newbie here after all. Telling me to just "reverse the instructions" is a bit vague.

I'm getting the same error on my RH box while trying to build glibc-2.4. I've already updated gcc (4.1.1), binuntils, make, and other prereqs, so I'm good on that.

I added --without-tls to ./configure and now attempting to comple again, maybe it'll work now... I'll report on that later. (UPDATE... still failed with same message.. should I take out "--enable-addons=linuxthreads" ? UPDATE AGAIN... still no go.)

This is why I'm using --prefix=/usr/local/glibc2.4

I understand this is the safest way without compromising anything (since it's in it's own self contained dir.) Basically parallel glibc.

I'm thinking of leaving gcc 2.96 for compiling things against the old glibc 2.2.5-44 (original from RPM), and dedicating gcc 4.1.1 for the newer compiles using glibc 2.4, if I can get it compiled.

Any comments on that are more than welcome.


I just think it's much safer installing it with --prefix :)

Also, why doesn't anyone ever mention running a new glibc in parallel in replies to questions about upgrding glibc?