> Now, my problem is with statically linked progs.
> If I try to build everything before installing more stuff, I get errors 
> when progs try to link with my libraries because they are the old ones (I 
> get undefined symbols.  If I update my libraries and try to go back and 
> compile the rest, my system is almost unusable because my binaries are 
> the old ones and get undefined symbols from the new libraries (even login 
> doesn't work).
You have 2 options 
a)	mkdir /usr/destdir;export DESTDIR=/usr/destdir;cd /usr/src/etc
	make distrib-dirs; cd /usr/src; make build
b)	you could "export NOPIC=nowayman" to just install the .a
	files from /usr/src/lib. Then you could "export LDSTATIC=-static"
	to make 'static' files of everything.


Before you do either you should make a new kernel which works with
your old stuff. COMPAT_12 etc by starting from 'GENERIC' and editing
to suite.

Cheerio

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