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Subject: Re: Upgrade to 6.2 From: "David D.W. Downey" <ddowney@codecastle.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:35:55 -0500 You should be able to upgrade from Red Hat Linux 5.2 to the current version (Red Hat Linux 6.2) BUT take note that what normally makes it go wrong is that someone has HEAVILY modified the system. Some folks don't even realize that they've made what is considered heavy modifications because it's been major revisions since they've upgraded. My best suggestion is this... If you are outside of Red Hat's supported release set then back up your data (which you should do anyways) and reformat the drive. Then go through the install. Once the install is conpleted run a diff against your old configs and the new configs to see what has changed. See if the structures are the same. Of course, you'll get reported changes due to your old info not being in the new files, but see exactly what has changed. It may simply be you copying the old info back in or making a patch for your config files to add in the old info. Now, if you are within the supported range (5.2, 6.0, 6.1 and 6.2) you should have an easier time. But bear in mind, 5.2 was a libc5 based release. The first release for glibc2 was 6.0. What does that matter you may ask. Simply that with the advent of the 6.x series apps were built against a different set of core libraries. The 6.x series attempts to keep backwards compatability by throwing in the compat-*.rpm packages but the more revisions behind you are the more likely things are to break. This is one thing that I suggest you heavily consider. If you recompiled the source packages to take advantage of a glibc2 change over on your own, you can also run into problems if the deps have changed on the same but newer versioned packages. OK, Dave. Quit rambling and say what you mean! OK, if you are 5.2 and before, reformat and reinstall the system after making backups. If you are 6.0 or 6.1, back up your data in case the isntaller pukes while upgrading the system and expect an easier time of it. === Subject: Re: Upgrade to 6.2 From: "David D.W. Downey" <ddowney@codecastle.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 17:44:42 -0500 Philippe Moutarlier wrote: > > I am quite sure the 5.x series are libc6 (glibc2) based ... I apologize. I meant to type in libc6 as in glibc2.0 wheras the 6.x series are glibc2.1 (RH 6.0 supported both if IIRC). Thank you for catching that. ===