-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Tuesday 2008-05-06 at 12:56 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
Why not? If I can do it one package at a time and not experience any downtime, It might go better with the usually, shiny new kernels that come out regularly w/better hardware support, more efficient algorithms, etc. Or are you trying to make the case that there are no improvements in 10.3 vs. 9.3 worth upgrading for?
Because you can not do it one package at a time. Don't you understand? The moment you replace glibc - and you need to do it - - all the old programs will not run. System down. 1: All the new packages are compiled against a new set of system libraries, therefore you need the new set of system libraries. 2: All the old packages are compiled against the old set of system libraries, therefore you need the old set of system libraries. 3: The new packages will not run with the old set of system libraries, and the old packages will not run with the new set of system libraries. 4: You can't have both sets of libraries. You have two options: 1: Bit the bullet and fully upgrade the system, while running another system: be it the dvd, or an auxiliary partition. 2: Upgrade only some programs, using packages you compiled yourself against the set of libraries in 9.3. You can not use packages from 10.3. If some work, that's the exception. 3: Develop a new linux system where a live full upgrades are possible. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIIN99tTMYHG2NR9URAglZAJ9usDySuNj5fOmc/RlEYXVDSXgiNgCfZEW2 JxkfIeu/JhHbOB8z08iLeN4= =Dk52 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org