If I do install libc6 and compile net-tools, won't my loader fail trying to
load programs compiled with the libc6 libraries?

I guess this comes down to a more basic question - Does the dynamic linker
understand which libc library a particular program was compiled with and
load the correct one? Can I mix and match programs compiled under libc5 and
libc6 on the same system?

I guess I don't have a firm grasp on the movement from lib5c -> libc6 issue,
as I find myself stumbling to ask coherent questions. I've read quite a bit
about the pains of the libc4 -> libc5 migration, but that was before my
time...

I'm off to find to find out more.

Thank you for your help.

--shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Blundell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 11:39 AM
To: McKisson, Shawn
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Compilation error in net-tools1.5.2 : missing library calls
inet_ ntop, inet_pton 


>While compiling iptunnel.c in the net-tools package, it tries to look for
>calls inet_pton and inet_ntop in the ./lib/lib.a and the
./lib/libnettools.a
>libraries. I took a look at these libraries, and those calls are there, but

You can't build this program with libc5.  Either you must install libc6, or 
(as you guessed) the libinet6 from inet6-apps.

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