From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 24 10:28:19 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA28632 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:28:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from speedbump.datapark.com (ns1.datapark.com [207.102.240.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id KAA28627 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:28:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from cucbc (cucbc.datapark.com [207.102.240.21]) by speedbump.datapark.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA14034 for ; Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:28:31 GMT Message-ID: <32C020BD.7555@datapark.com> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 10:28:13 -0800 From: Jeff Newton Organization: Tantalus Commmunications X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need to upgrade libc References: <32C01800.1C1F@datapark.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeff Newton wrote: > > Hi all, > > I need to upgrade to perl 5.003 on a 2.0 box of mine but I'm running > into major compilation problems. It looks like I need a more recent > libc. I've got libc.so.2.2 right now. Is there a way to upgrade libc > without having to completely upgrade the system to 2.1.5? > Actually, I don't think libc.so.2.2 is the problem. Could be libc.a. How can I upgrade the entire development environment on this box? I've got a machine running 2.1.5 ...any chance I'd be able to copy over the entire /usr/lib without it messing anything up? Cheers, -- Jeff Newton Systems Administrator Tantalus Communications Datapark Internet Services Inc. --------- "Out the NIC, over the ethernet, across the bridge, down the fibre, passed the switch, through the firewall, out the router, nothin' but Net!!!"