Re: libc5 & glibc

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From: Erik de Castro Lopo
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 00:00

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Andrew Daws wrote:
> 
> Prolly a dumb question, but if I upgrade from libc5 to glibc 
> will I be able to maintain libc5 computability for some of my 
> utilities etc (most notable the libc5 version of jdk1.1.6) or 
> will I need to get new glibc versions?

A minimal "upgrade to glibc" really just means adding the new 
library and gcc/binutils to work with glibc. All existing apps
would stay as they are, linked to libc5.

Erik
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@zip.com.au>
Subject: Re: libc5 & glibc
Date: 1998/08/21
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