[1684] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: More system packs stuff
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Wed May 28 17:19:30 1997
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>, Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>,
linux-dev@MIT.EDU, katyking@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "27 May 1997 11:03:29 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:19:16 EDT
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
I tried and entered shared library and dependency hell. It might be
possible, but it would be easier/saner to just upgrade the whole
system, which isn't possible. (The machine is an old
hand-installed mostly-Slackware microchannel machine).
There may be other people in the same boat. Before eliminating or
upgrading any of the srvd's, we should really send email to
linux-announce to make sure there aren't too many objections (and to
just give people a chance to switch over).
Erik
> Why can't she use /afs/sipb.mit.edu/system/i386_linux2/srvd/usr/athena?
>
> -derek
>
> Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > Some people may be relying on old syspacks for some things (like old
> > crufty machines). For example, kludge, Katy's old MCA machine, is
> > using /afs/sipb.mit.edu/system/i386_linux1/srvd.77.1elf/usr/athena and
> > doesn't have the disk space to upgrade or move it locally. I don't
> > know how many other machines are relying on these, but I
> > wouldn't be surprised if there are a number of others in the
> > same position.
