[tech] Re: [wheel] [root@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au: Cron <root@mussel> /usr/bin/mrtg /etc/mrtg.cfg]

[Grahame Bowland]

On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:33:57PM +0800, Nick Bannon wrote:

> We have to be a bit patient with Debian testing at the moment, it's
> gummed up because libc6 hasn't been sufficiently bug-free in months.
> 
> The libpng2/3 transition was particularly ugly because of the complete
> lack of ABI compatibility, and of the many things it touched. (e.g.
> libgtk, hence all of GNOME) In this case, mtrg is directly using
> libpng3, while loading a library that uses libpng2, or similar. Ugh.
> 
> So... speaking to everyone, try to keep mussel as clean as possible in
> the interim, and if downgrading a package, or compiling the
> One-Vital-Thing-I-Need-Now-Fresh-From-CVS into /usr/local, will
> simplify things - consider that.  If you're upgrading, do a bit at a
> time, and don't worry - if it breaks, it can be fixed, if you tell
> someone.

The best situation is to upgrade to sid, and then track testing until 
it catches up. I'm running sid on typhaon and a few other places, and 
you don't have to put up with the random libpng segfaults.