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Re: Upgrading a Redhat 5.2 system
- To: "Pablo Frank" <pablof at wave dot home dot com>
- Subject: Re: Upgrading a Redhat 5.2 system
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at rabi dot columbia dot edu>
- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:23:49 -0500
- cc: egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:15:46 -0500, "Pablo Frank" wrote:
>I've been having some trouble with getting my Redhat 5.2 system upgraded to
>using egcs and the glibc 2.1 library. I'm trying to replace my default
>compilers and libraries by using /usr as my top-level installation
>directory.
>
>I started by compiling egcs 1.1.1 with the latest version of binutils (19a I
>think). I then built the 2.1 library (with the add-ons). Then following
>the advice of the FAQ, I rebuilt egcs so that stdlib++ was rebuilt under the
>new regime. Despite all that, I'm getting bizarre seg faults with the
>software that I'm working on. I checked the FAQ again and noticed that I
>might have to rebuild some of my older libraries that depend on libio. What
>libraries should I recompile to be on the safe side? Have I left out any
>crucial steps?
You need to be more specific here. What programs are segfaulting?
Old binaries, or new ones you've compiled? What libraries do they
need?
The Redhat Rawhide site has prebuilt RPMs of libc 2.1 and all
dependent stuff, you may have better luck using them.
zw