On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
>> BTW, what version of RH are you using? FTR - libc is obsolete.
>>
>
>You should look first;-)
Why?
>summer@dugite /u03]$ rpm -q libc redhat-release
>libc-5.3.12-31
>redhat-release-6.2-1
>[summer@dugite /u03]$
Just because libc is installed does not mean that it is not
obsolete. It is included to run legacy programs only. glibc is
the official library now and has been since at least RH5.0.
libc is obsolete, and little if any development at all is going
on with it right now. Some die hard on lkml uses it religiously
and I believe maintains it to some extent, but it isn't actively
supported in any major way. More bugfixes and such than
anything. "legacy" being the key word here. I'm not surprised
if it disappears entirely in 7.0 or later.. How many people
really need it?
When you compile stuff, by default it will be for glibc, not
libc.
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