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Re: Just to be Sure



On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Ben - Nes Michael wrote:

>      glibc-debug-2.0.7-19.i386.rpm

required only if you're a C programmer and use gdb et al.

>      glibc-devel-2.0.7-19.i386.rpm

required only if you develop libs and C code based on them.

>      glibc-profile-2.0.7-19.i386.rpm

required only if you're a C programmer and use gprof et al.

> do i need to install glibc-debug-2.0.7-19.i386.rpm and
> glibc-profile-2.0.7-19.i386.rpm or just the upgrade of the pakages that
> i already got ?

In fact, some packages under Linux come with the -g option used in the
makefiles for reasons that elude my (low) IQ, and these will fail to build
if you don't install the 3 extra libs (profile, devel and debug). Since
you don't seem to know what the hell I'm talking about, install them too.
One small detail: There is an ORDER in the installation. Find it and
respect it when installing or bad things may and will happen. imho, you
can skip -devel- for your own good. Anyone ?
 
> How the hell i can know if they dont tell ?

If you like RPM..., the Slackware libs have a README that tells you this,
that's how I know. But then, of course, it's that ANTIQUE archiving method
using TGZ, and no automatic nix in it, so nah, you wouldn't like it.

Peter