[SOLVED] libc6 2.29 against 2.28 (or: Me against Debian)

Good morning.

On one of my Debian-systems libc6 dependencies keep me from running MPV or VLC. I guess that I am just unconscious about other difficulties with the same library-version that I have not yet stumbled upon, and will probably not before an update will have “repaired” something.

So, this is not very important, as a “system” is represented, here, by a removable hard-disk.

But there is nothing to find on the Web about the current version-clash... I appear to have been “unlucky” in a way. Can you explain how I could have provoked this situation ?

It looks like libc6 2.29 is asked for, but only 2.28-10 is available on testing.. ?

I have /lib64/libc.so.6 as a symlink to libc-2.29, and my install of slackware current is about 6 months old.

Debian, along with RHEL and some other distros are very slow to bump versions. libc.so.6 is a fundamental part of glibc, and everything links against it. But you don't update glibc versions, as a rule. Glibc provides the basic libraries that everything on the system is compiled against. People have bumped glibc one bugfix version and got away with it, but systems have died when guys update glibc. So, given that it's unwise to update glibc, don't do it.

I'd look for an older MPV or VLC version, or compile your own. That way, it compiles against your libs.

Originally Posted by business_kid I'd look for an older MPV or VLC version, or compile your own. That way, it compiles against your libs.

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Trimming my hedge, preparing fagots and using some odd tools in the process (too much oxigen, maybe) has blurred my perception. Also, the “inconvenience” is marginal.

Thank you for enunciating it. 8)

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My sources.list was rotten. All is fine now... AFAIS. But I already feel bad making that statement.