Re: [cobalt-users] Qube2 Crashes without obvious cause

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> > Our list of items that *NEED* to be fixed then:
> >
> > * Non-shadowed passwords
> >
> > True. But still, several of the things we discuss here are
> > rather basic. The firewall was a big reason I bought the...
> >
> > The kernel update would be great for stability and would not
> > impact any normal users.
>
> Ahh, but it will, shadow needs more than just kernel, you need to change
> libc, which could, potentially, affect every application on the machine,
> keeping the old non-shadowed libc would leave weird access holes...
>
> Which is the problem i suppose, so much needs to be considered in such an
> update that, really, cobaly has to do it as an integrated update pkg, this
> is not a doityourself project...

As cobalt has updated it's glib now wouldn't that cover the libc issue?
Can I ask you expand on what would break also.... I'm hoping to start
working on this soon and I could use any clues you are willing to give....

on or off list....

Zeffie