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In Arch, the glibc package upgrade associated with the `/lib` + `/usr/lib` merge in 2012ish was painful. I assume that's what the parent post was referring to.
by LukeShu 4y ago
In Arch, the glibc package upgrade associated with the `/lib` + `/usr/lib` merge in 2012ish was painful. I assume that's what the parent post was referring to. I assume you're referring to the libc5→libc6 upgrade?
- Macha 4y agoHmm, I remember UsrMerge being a non-event from a user POV. The official instructions seem quite short too: https://archlinux.org/news/the-lib-directory-becomes-a-symlink/ https://archlinux.org/news/the-lib-directory-becomes-a-symli...
- LukeShu 4y agoFor many users it was a non-event; but if you missed that news post, and didn't pass `--ignore glibc` to your `-Syu`, then your system broke. And a sizable minority of users missed the news post. (Shamefully, I was in that minority.)
- Semaphor 4y agoI like my pacman helper, pikaur [0]. Not only does it allow me to edit/view changed AUR files, it also alerts me whenever there is archlinux.org news [0]: https://github.com/actionless/pikaur https://github.com/actionless/pikaur
- bavell 4y agoLove pikaur, been happily using it for years.
- cycomanic 4y agoYes I think you're correct libc5 to libc6 is the upgrade I was talking about. I just had a look that's more than 20 years ago. Funny how people still talk about "painful libc upgrades".
- asveikau 4y agoI remember libc5 to libc6 as a late 90s thing.