[CLUE-Tech] Preparing for RH7.2

[Jed S. Baer]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:13:13 -0700
BOF <bof at pcisys.net> wrote:

>> From RH7.1. Some of this stuff might be from 6.2, which is where this
>> box started out.

> I began reading this thread late, but if it means anything, there is a 
> line CONFIG_PROC_FS=y in the stock 2.4.17 kernel config file that I run 
> under Slackware.

I think it makes sense that it's not specific to a distribution, but part
of a later kernel. Doesn't sound like the sort of thing RH, or anyone else
for that matter, would just take out. But, the CONFIG_PROC_FS isn't just
for storing the kernel config in a proc psuedo-file. It's for the whole
proc shebang, IIRC.

> BTW, given the RH6.2 to 7.1 upgrade to 7.2 upgrade situation that you 
> are in, I wonder if you might be better off doing a clean install ....

What would be the benefits? I've already cleaned up all unused RPMs that
I'm certain of. libc is a compatibility library, so might be useful at
some point. Maybe the gnome folks moved libgthread, etc. to some other
library from glib2, but I can always remove it and see what breaks.
There's some other cleanup I can do on my system, but that's easy enough
done without going through a fresh install, I think.

jed
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