[96877] in RedHat Linux List
Re: should I upgrade?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Fort)
Thu Oct 29 18:57:54 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:56:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: Eric Fort <efort@fortconsulting.com>
To: Michael Jinks <michael@twopoint.com>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <36364597.5EFF9D3E@twopoint.com>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Michael Jinks wrote:
> Eric Fort wrote:
> >
> > IS IT TIME TO UPGRADE? WOULD AN UPGRADE TO 5.X
> > BE A MORE PAINLESS WAY TO SOLVE MY PROBLEMS?
>
> Maybe, maybe not. What do you do with your computer?
It's a internet connected host that runs mainly mail and apatche, along
with a few mirrors.
>
> I've had very good experiences with using the RedHat install process to
> upgrade my machines, but there can be hitches depending upon what sort
> of stuff you run. In case you didn't know this already, 5.0 is where RH
> made the jump from libc5 to glibc, which introduces incompatibilities in
> some libc binaries -- meaning that they won't work on your upgraded
> system. There can be ways around this (installing second sets of
> libraries alongside your main glibc libraries, for example), many of
> which are present by default in 5.1, and of course if everything on your
> system can be upgraded by the RedHat installer then you shouldn't have
> anything to worry about. The only way to know for sure whether you'll
> have trouble is to try it.
>
> If you have the luxury of a second machine or a free partition on your
> existing machine, you might want to try installing 5.1 there and trying
> it out for a while. If not, then I wouldn't be all that scared of
> upgrading, all usual cautions about current backups applying of course.
>
> --
> Michael Jinks
> mailto:michael@twopoint.com http://www.twopoint.com
> Systems Administrator, Two Point Conversions, Inc.
>
> "Push the button." -- Pitr
>
>
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