Re: [TCLUG:4352] Installing new perl.

[Brady Hegberg <bradyh@bitstream.net>]

I just thought I should tell you that I was having lots of problems with
various programs after upgrading to glibc-2.1-0.990219.i386 (using rpm -Uvh
glibc-2.1-0.990219.i386) so what I ended up doing was uninstalling
glibc-2.1, installing glibc-2.0.7 and the running "rpm -ivh
glibc-2.1-0.990219.i386" so now I have both versions installed and my
system seems quite happy with that.  

I've found that I often need to upgrade to the newest versions of programs.
 For instance this weekend I discovered that ldd wasn't working so I
installed the newest version of bunutils from my favorite Rawhide
repository.  It might actually be easier to just *every* Rawhide rpm to
save time but I've been doing it piecemeal.

One thing that I'm not sure of - if you're using a lot of newer apps on a
webserver they might be less secure and less stable than older more
well-tested versions.

Brady

>Correct me if I am wrong but libdb.so.3 which is needed by perl-5.00502-2
>is part of the glibc. The references to libdb.so.3 point to
>glibc-2.1-0.990219.i386. So, I need to install the glibc in it's entirety
>in order to get libdb.so.3.
>
>[root@mi-recordz rtp]# rpm -q glibc
>glibc-2.0.7-29
>
>[rtp@mi-recordz rtp]$ locate libdb
>/lib/libdb-2.0.7.so
>/lib/libdb.so.2
>
>Any warnings before I upgrade to the newer glibc?
>
>rtp wrote:
>
>> I've settled on MiniVend (minivend.com) as my shopping cart. MiniVend
>> appears to be a robust package that includes source code and it's free.
>> I don't know if anyone else from the list is using it but I'd love to
>> hear some comments.
>>
>> Apparently MiniVend requires a version of perl which is different than
>> that which RedHat includes with their distribution. I had no idea RH
>> shipped something different than what is offered from the perl.com site.
>> I've found my error messages on the minivend mailing list and they
>> appear to confirm that I am having a typical non compatible Perl
>> problem.
>>
>> What I am confused about is the proper way to install a new version of a
>> program, in this case Perl. Do I delete all references to the existing
>> Perl and then make and install the new version. I assume there's dozens
>> of links which will be broken after I do this.
>>
>> How do I track down links and rebuild them?
>>
>> Or should I track link before I remove and install a new version of a
>> program?
>>
>> I'll be spending the day looking for reading material that explains this
>> process.
>>
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