Re: Holding off on FC4

From: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net>
Date: Thu Jun 23 2005 - 21:02:48 AKDT

jonr wrote:

>Damien Hull wrote:
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>>Don't know if anyone has upgraded to FC4 yet but I'm going to wait a
>>while. I did a test install of FC4 as a workstation and all seemed well.
>>That was until I tried to compile MySQL. They changed a few libraries
>>and MySQL wouldn't compile.
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>>The libraries and other changes in FC4 could cause problems on my
>>production systems. I'm sure there are fixes/workarounds for them but I
>>don't have the time to figure them out. Things work just fine under FC3.
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>>I'm running into a few problems with both FC3 and FC4. If I do an
>>automated install with a kikstart file DNS and DHCP don't work. I have
>>to uninstall and reinstall them. After that they work fine.
>>
>>I've also had problems with Apache. I tried to change the root directory
>>and had no luck. Apache wouldn't start if I changed the default web
>>directory. My fix was to compile Apache from scratch which is what I
>>normally do.
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>>As soon as I can I'll join the Fedora mailing list and hammer them with
>>questions.
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>>Oh, I did switch the server I'll be bringing to the Friday meeting to
>>FC4. I did a kickstart install which then required a few swings of the
>>hammer to get DNS, DHCP and Apache working. These were not light swings
>>either. They were good solid smash the %$*@ out of the system type swings.
>>
>>
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>I believe FC4 uses gcc4, that sounds like what you are running up against.
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That's not it. It had something to do with a "linuxthread" library they
took out. Don't quote me on it though. They replaced it with something
else. It's on the change list.
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