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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!swrinde.nde.swri.edu!news.uh.edu!lurch.sccsi.com!news.sccsi.com!nuchat!not-for-mail From: gclarkii@main.gbdata.com (Gary Clark II) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: libc.so.3.0 ????? Where the hell can i get this library? Date: 15 Sep 1996 16:25:45 -0500 Organization: GB Data Systems (ISP, ICP and FreeBSD consulting) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <51hs8p$14o@main.gbdata.com> References: <3239C61B.7C84@oliverdesign.com> <3239AE71.2709@www.play-hookey.com> <323AB9D7.41C67EA6@servtech.com> <323A8E63.6338@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gbdata.com >> Is this really OK to do? I thought it was safe to "symlink-upgrade" for >> minor number changes, but potentially disastrous for major number >> changes. >As I said above, I did it and it works. That's the primary test in any >such situation. >However, if you can't accept the truth of an observed fact without an >explanation, one of the FreeBSD development team (I think it was Jordan >Hubbard, but not entirely sure) indicated that the number change was >needed because two functions were *deleted* from this library. As a >result, nothing in 2.2 was modified, nor was anything added to form 3.0. Ok, This might be fine for minor things here and there. But you WILL run into problems if you do such things as 'Make World' or an upgrade. The reason for this is that as you add packages, you will be linking the libc.so.3.0 library! That means when you get into Current and replace that symlinked lib with the real thing, you may get random breakage. I know that this can happen, because it happened to me! I was running 2.1.5-STABLE and then upgraded to CURRENT. All of my apps that had linked to that 3.0 lib started to have problems... You can do it, but it would just be easier to compile qpopper. It's not that hard to do. Hope it helps, Gary -- Gary Clark II (N5VMF) | I speak only for myself and "maybe" my company gclarkii@GBData.COM | Member of the FreeBSD Doc Team Providing Internet and ISP startups mail info@GBData.COM for information FreeBSD FAQ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs/freebsd-faq.ascii