Recommended update for GlibC
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(Last modified: 02MAY2002)
solutions Recommended update for GlibC SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (5d046d5587937c1b994ed260f3f0d1ed)
Package: rpm
glibc
timezone
Release: 20020502
Obsoletes: 3674d3a76f3e405ab9acb31f2a943f68
For the needed glibc-devel package please refer to:
"Recommended update of GLIBC-DEVEL " (http://sdb.suse.de/en/psdb/html/f079c6464d0056a875a1a4437d27fff3.html)
connection with the pthread implementation of GlibC 2.2.2. In detail,
the following bugs have been fixed:
- Pthread race conditions
- Profile counting on 31 bit does not work.
- libSegFault does not work.
- Missing definition in resource.h
This update is not mandatory if you do not use IBM Java SDK or a multi-byte locale.
init 1
This will stop the network connection and any running processes. You may need to enter the root password again, afterwards install the new glibc RPM with
rpm -Fhv glibc.rpm timezone.rpm export LC_ALL=POSIX rpm -Fhv rpm.rpm
It is absolutely necessary that you use the commands as shown above. If you want to use YOU for this update, you should start YOU from within a terminal this way:
export LC_ALL=POSIX yast2 online_update
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