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On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 12:41:54PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> On Friday 04 October 2002 12:10, Bart Verwilst wrote: |
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> > I read glibc 2.3 is binary compatible with 2.2.5.. |
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> > Would be nice :o) |
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> > |
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> > "The 2.3.x release should be binary compatible with the 2.2 and earlier |
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> > releases. All correct programs should continue to run. This does |
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> > *not* mean that programs compiled on a system running glibc 2.3.x will |
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> > run on systems with only glibc 2.2. Compatibility is always in one |
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> > direction. Systems with glibc 2.2 will not even attempt to run |
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> > binaries generated with glibc 2.3.x if this is not possible so there |
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> > is not much to worry about." |
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> > |
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> > I want it!! :o) |
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> |
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> I can't wait for prelinking to be available either. |
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What's new in this release? Are there significant performance gains, or |
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some other good reason to recompile everything to glibc 2.3.x? :) |
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Alan |
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Alan "Arcterex" <alan@×××××.org> -=][=- http://arcterex.net |
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"I used to herd dairy cows. Now I herd lusers. Apart from the isolation, I |
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think I preferred the cows. They were better conversation, easier to milk, and |
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if they annoyed me enough, I could shoot them and eat them." -Rodger Donaldson |
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