On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:47:57AM -0500, Tim Hoke wrote:
> You can indeed upgrade from MP to FP.... However, as previously stated, 
> it is in fact a re-install.  That's the reason for my hint at upgrading 
> to 5.x if you're already going to go from MP to FP

Not everybody can afford re-install of a production system.

> As far as your workaround listed, that's probably a bad idea as 
> assuming the kernel is something it's not _could_ cause other problems.
> -Tim

It _could not_. It's a known workaround in Linux world to make old
software run on newer libc. 

http://people.redhat.com/drepper/assumekernel.html can give you a better
idea what LD_ASSUME_KERNEL means.

Unfortunately for Veritas (or Symantec now),
Linux develops on a much faster pace than Veritas can follow (or 
understand it)

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