On Saturday 08 March 2008 08:04:12 am reinhard schwab wrote:
Marcus Meissner schrieb:
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 02:18:47PM +0100, reinhard schwab wrote:
is it possible that i update glibc on opensuse 10.2 to the glibc factory packages?
It should work, but just might break your system.
Why do you want that
just for trying out some of the packages in factory. yast wants to install glibc if i try an update to some of the factory packages.
what can be broken and (how) can i prevent a break?
So far I know everything is compiled against glibc, including kernel. Replacing glibc with newer is like changing building base with a different one. It is small chance that building will fit 100% to the new base and that will cause some parts of it to break. What can you do to prevent? Not much. You can make backup so if something breaks it will not sink your data and settings too. You best bet to try out packages from Factory is installation in virtual machine or separate installation of Factory. -- Regards, Rajko. See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org