At 3/10/99 8:39:00 PM, you wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>On Tue, Mar 09, 1999 at 16:39 -0700, zentara wrote:
>
>> However, I believe the 2.2 series were INTENDED to
>> be compiled with egcs.
>> I guess people with 5.3 and want the 2.2 series kernel,
>> can compile with gcc; but I would expect them to run
>> into problems.
>
>Why should they? From /usr/src/linux-2.2.3/Documentation/Changes:
>

Yeah I know, but after seeing the problems with Netscape 4.5
running under libc5; I have a deep suspiscion that libc5
and libc6 are not compatible in some tiny way. Furthurmore I don't
think much effort is going into finding out either; everyone
is just moving on to libc6.

So if you are going to compile a kernel that was designed
for libc6 with libc5;  I would expect a little "quirk" to pop
up somewhere.

No one has ever explained why Netscape 4.5 keeps
giving bus errors when run under libc5. But under 
libc6 it is fine. So what is the "glitch" ?

Who knows what might happen in the kernel?
Why risk it?

 



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