Nick Chandler wrote:
>
> i was trying to download netscape, and i need to choose between linux
> 2.0 and linux 2.0(glibc)
> does it matter? whats the difference?
Different versions of the standard C library.
To find out what you need, do "ls -al /lib/libc*". On my machine that
gives :
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4073346 Feb 1 05:13 /lib/libc-2.1.3.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Mar 23 06:23 /lib/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.1.3.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 8 18:46 /lib/libcom_err.so.2 ->
libcom_err.so.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7889 Oct 27 1999 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64478 Feb 1 05:14 /lib/libcrypt-2.1.3.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Mar 23 06:23 /lib/libcrypt.so.1 ->
libcrypt-2.1.3.so
The second one /lib/libc.so.6 is glibc so I would choose linux 2.0(glibc).
If it was something along the lines of libc.so.5.* then I would choose
linux 2.0, the non-glibc version.
/lib/libc.so.6 or anything like it is glibc.
/lib/libc.so.5 or anything like it is not glibc.
Hope this helps,
Erik
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