Re: question about using glibc2.0 and glic2.1 at the same time

[Davide Libenzi]

> Yes, the following simple (C++) test program doesn't work under
> glibc-2.1 if compiled/linked with glibc-2.0 (tested with RedHat 5.2
> vs. RedHat 6.0)
> ---------------------------- snip --------------------------
> #include <strstream.h>
> main() {
>    char x ;
>    istrstream beitl (&x, 1) ;
>    char y ;
>    beitl.read (&y, 1) ;
> }

I can confirm that after the installation of glibc-2.1.2 on my Debian system
program using C++ iostream always crashes.
It's not a good behaviour coz the libraries has the same main version number
( 2.* and .6 for .so ) and must be binary compatible !

Cheers,
    Davide.

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