(usagi-users 00083) Re: glibc 2.2 + usagi snap patch

[Mauro Tortonesi <mauro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Yuji Sekiya wrote:

> At Sat, 20 Jan 2001 20:07:00 -0500 (EST),
> Mauro Tortonesi <mauro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > i'd like to try using glibc 2.2 + usagi snap patch. the problem is that i
> > have two glibc 2.1.3 distros (Mandrake 7.2 and Suse 7.0).
> > can i setup a glibc 2.2 environment under one of these distro?
> 
> I don't reccomend install glibc-2.2 into glibc-2.1.3 distributions.
> It may couse some troubles.

you are perfectly right.

> We are providing a usagi patch against glibc-2.1.3. Please use it.
> 	ftp://ftp.linux-ipv6.org/pub/usagi/snap/patch/

yes, but AFAIK glibc 2.2 should be more ipv6-compliant. stig venaas has
told me he has ported the resolver code to ipv6 in glibc 2.2.

> > eventually, i could install a glibc 2.2 slackware current distro. but how
> > do i create and install an updated glibc 2.2 slackware package?
> 
> IIRC, slackware doesn't have version control system of packages.
> I mean slackware has package system but it only extract tar.gz-ed
> binary files and execute some pre-install/post-install shell script.
> It's very simple.

it's not so simple to build tgz packages. volkerding uses the following
script to build the glibc package. however, the script does NOT create the
tgz package; it only builds the libs. how do i create the package, then?


------------------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
## build glibc-2.2 for Slackware
## by Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CWD=`pwd`
cd /tmp

if [ -d /usr/include/sys ]; then
  cat << EOF
*** WARNING:  It's a good idea to move /usr/include out of the way if
you're planning to extract this as a binary package.  Otherwise some of
the include files may not be replaced.

Press enter to continue, or control-c to abort.
EOF
  read junk_input;
fi

tar xzvf $CWD/glibc-2.2.tar.gz
cd glibc-2.2
tar xzvf $CWD/glibc-linuxthreads-2.2.tar.gz

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --enable-add-ons=linuxthreads \
            --without-cvs \
            i386-slackware-linux

make

## Install docs:
( mkdir -p /usr/doc/glibc-2.2
  cp -a BUGS CONFORMANCE COPYING COPYING.LIB FAQ INSTALL INTERFACE \
    NAMESPACE NEWS NOTES PROJECTS README README.libm /usr/doc/glibc-2.2
  cd linuxthreads
  mkdir -p /usr/doc/glibc-2.2/linuxthreads
  cp -a Banner FAQ.html LICENSE README README.Xfree3.2 linuxthreads.texi \
    Examples /usr/doc/glibc-2.2/linuxthreads
  cd man
  for file in *.man ; do
    cat $file | gzip -9c > /usr/man/man3/`basename $file .man`.3.gz
  done 
  chown -R root.root /usr/doc/glibc-2.2 
  find /usr/doc/glibc-2.2 -type d | xargs chmod 755 
  find /usr/doc/glibc-2.2 -type f | xargs chmod 644 )

## If you want glibc-2.2 installed, uncomment the lines below.
# Save the ldd from ldso.tgz:
mv /usr/bin/ldd /usr/bin/ldd-ldso
make install
make localedata/install-locales
mv /usr/bin/ldd /usr/bin/ldd-glibc
mv /usr/bin/ldd-ldso /usr/bin/ldd

# Don't forget to add the /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime -> /etc/localtime symlink! :)
if [ ! -r /usr/share/zoneinfo/localtime ]; then
  ( cd /usr/share/zoneinfo ; ln -sf /etc/localtime . )
fi

echo "Building Berkeley DB libraries..."
sleep 5
cd $CWD
./bsd_db.build

echo "Building nss_db-2.2..."
sleep 5
cd $CWD
./nss_db.build
------------------------------------------------------------------------


BTW, can you tell me in what environment you are testing your glibc 2.2
patches?


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