On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Francois Desloges wrote:
> Thank you for your precise answer. However still a few points:
>
> > > 1) linux-2.2.x/Documentation/Changes specify that I need libc5 version 5.4.46
> > > in order to upgrade to a 2.2 kernel.
> >
> > It says you need *at least* libc 5.4.46.
> > glibc 2.1.1 == libc 6.1.1 > libc 5.4.46.
>
> Then why Mandrake would inclule both libc5 and libc6?
> I thought libc5 was for a.out and libc6 (glibc2) for ELF !
> Is there a doc I can find that explains the differences between the two
> librairies?
> And that doesn't explain why Mandrake 6.0 come with libc-5.3.12 if kernel >
> 2.2 needs libc-5.4.x or greater for ELF support!
libc5.x is included for legacy applications (although I think we should
use something more recent, I don't know why on earth RH still ships
5.3.x!).
Peter
