>From: Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> It _is_ wrong to assume that a random program compiled for OS revision A
>> will run correctly on OS revision B
>Definetly NOT.
>e.g. "grep".
>grep only uses libc-interface. As long as the program <-> libc interface
>is stable it will have no problem with the libc <-> <whatever> site.
>It is excatly THE job of libc to abstract away the "right" side.
>(Or the left when you assume hardware/kernel is leftmost)
>Only "system dependend"(hardware, kernel interfaces, ..) software (e.g.
>cdrecord, star, ps, lspci, iptables) have this type of problem.
Well of course libc too. This is something that people tend to forget.
Who make sure that the libc that has been installed matched the current
kernel?
Jörg
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