Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-14 Thread Brandt Kurowski
Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > > >- BackSpace not working in X11 (try netscape for this.) What kind > > > of keyboards do you use at RH? > > > > My backspace key works just fine in X (and in Netscape). I've got a > > generic PS/2 keyboard, nothing special. > > Hmmm, perhaps this is something special

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Cristian Gafton
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Scott Kindley wrote: > post in this thread) and all linux distro's soon to follow or be dead". I cant > understand why a 5.x version ISN'T backward compatible with libc5. Seems to me, > IMHO, if libc5 was to become unsupported it should phase out over a couple of One "small

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Mike Wangsmo wrote: > On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:37:05 +0100 (CET), Andreas Kostyrka wrote: > > >What bugs me quite with RH are many small non-security related bugs, that > >have a tendency to be NOT fixed; Examples: > >- taper is being supplied, but taper require ncurses v4 ->

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Mike Wangsmo
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:37:05 +0100 (CET), Andreas Kostyrka wrote: >What bugs me quite with RH are many small non-security related bugs, that >have a tendency to be NOT fixed; Examples: >- taper is being supplied, but taper require ncurses v4 -> RH5 ships with > ncurses 1.99. Either upgrade ncur

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Andreas Kostyrka
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Mike Wangsmo wrote: > Considering how drastic and fundamental the change, I'm *very* pleased at how > well RH 5.0 is being received and how well it works. I am still able to stand > by my original projection for the level of bugs and fixes for 5.0. My goal > was to make

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Scott Drake
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 10:14:54 -0500, Jason Costomiris wrote: >: IMHO, if libc5 was to become unsupported it should phase out over a couple of >: versions while the interim versions maintain backward compatibility. > >libc5 still works just fine. If you have libc5 bins, install the libc5 >packag

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Scott Kindley
Thanks Mike, Scott Kindley -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 11:58:14PM -0500, Scott Kindley wrote: : IMHO, if libc5 was to become unsupported it should phase out over a couple of : versions while the interim versions maintain backward compatibility. libc5 still works just fine. If you have libc5 bins, install the libc5 package.

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Mike Wangsmo
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 23:58:14 -0500, Scott Kindley wrote: >Im just catching the last of the "Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can' >t >execute RH 5.0 exe" thread but I have a question I don't think has been answer >ed >(at least not that I have found), Why is," libc5 going away (according

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Dave Wreski
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Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Scott Kindley
gt; > xun > > Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 23:58:14 -0500 > From: Scott Kindley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i586) > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It"

Re: Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Xun Cheng
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Why is libc5 going away and glibc gonna be "It".

1998-03-13 Thread Scott Kindley
Im just catching the last of the "Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe" thread but I have a question I don't think has been answered (at least not that I have found), Why is," libc5 going away (according to one post in this thread) and all linux distro's soon to follow