Messages in this thread | | | From | CaT <> | Subject | Re: glibc-2.1 upgrade headaches. Any ideas?? | Date | Sun, 7 Mar 1999 16:47:46 +1100 (EST) |
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Conde Martinez Rodolfo wrote the following: > > On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, CaT wrote: > > # Conde Martinez Rodolfo wrote the following: > # > > # > On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Tom Eastep wrote: > # > > # > # Alex wrote: > # > # > > # > # > I am having quite a problem with glibc-2.1. I am wondering if anyone has > # > # > encountered the following. I am running RedHat 5.2 with 2.2.1-ac6 kernel and I > # > # > upgraded my glibc-2.1. Upgrade went smooth without any errors.But now, when I want > # > # > to run menuconfig on linux-2.2.2 with ac-7, it is giving me a message: > # > # > > # > # > "There seems to be a problem with the lxdialog companion utility which is > # > # > built prior Menuconfig. > # > # > # > # You need to rebuild ncureses -- see the glibc 2.1 FAQ. > # > # > # > Sorry the intromision....but i downloaded glibc-2.1-0.99022 my > # > question here is if it's this version of glibc-2.1 that you are running or > # > you got to download the last version before gnu put it away from > # > pub/glibc ??? if so any of you know if the version i got is safe and have > # > no problems with 2.2.x kernels.....??? > # > # I managed to get what I believe is the real one. I've never seen one like the > # one you descrive. is that from a tarball? > > I got it from at.rpmfind.net it's an binary rpm package....The one > you say you got to compile it or is there a rpm package available ???
What I got was a source code tarball. Untar, compile, install. No rpm involved.
> # > # > AAHH !! one last think....is it okay to built the kernel wiht > # > egcs-1.1.1 ??? > # > # I've been happily doing it for a while with -O2 optimisation and > # -march=pentiumpro and haven't had a single kernel crash. > > if it's going well then how do you change the flag -m486 for > -mpentium (or as you said -march=pentium instead of Ppro) ?? do you have > to do it manually ???
Look in linux/arch/i386/Makefile. Should be obvious which one to change. :) If not then holler again. :) And use -march=pentium. From memory it should produce better results. ;)
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