Re: X + BVision + Debian + GNOME + Enlightenment problem

[Giles B. <lay...@th...>]

Hi Sven,

On 04-May-01, you wrote:

 
> The woody/unstable xfree packages are 4.0.3, look at :
> 
> ftp.debian.org:/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86
> 
> for them.
> 
> But i don't think you will be able to install them on a potato system, as
> they depend on libc6 (>= 2.2.2-2).

If they depend on a more recent version of libc6, is there a way to upgrade
that package without the system tumbling to its knees? Can I do it through
dselect, or do I need somekind of shell that doesn't use these library
calls? And what do I do with all the other programs that are already running
and use the old libc6?

>> 
>> Anyone know where this elusive beasty might be lurking on the net?
> 
> If you have lots of free space and time, you could build them yourslef,
> just get the source package (>50MB) and build it on your system, not sure
> it would work though. Alternatively, you could try getting the upstream
> package directly, and try to run it, you only need X server, and point to
> it in /etc/X11/Xserver.
> 
> But, in the long run, it would be much nicer to upgrade to testing, you
> will gain a lot by it.

I suppose I could - but all I really want/need is a working X system!
 
> If this is casuing you a problem bandwith wise, you could try reading : 

It's OK, I can go to uni and download an iso image or a load of stuff onto
zip disks. I think I'll have a crack at the X v4 + libc6 upgrade first
though...

Regards

Giles

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