FW: libc5 / libc6 (glibc), using both on RedHat 5.2

[Simon Hudson <nospam [at] softwareag.co.uk>]

Al,

> Your RH5.2 system is already running both. RH5 upwards runs on glibc
> primarily, and there is some libc5 compatability stuff built
> in.

Ah, good news. The confusion arrises from an RPM install the other day
complaining that it couldn't find libc.so.6 (I took this to mean in couldn't
find libc version 6. RPM and I, however, don't always see eye to eye!)

> A lot of
> it is just symlinks pointing to different files; nothing major. You'll
> find that you can upgrade to 2.2.x immediately.

Don't say that! I've actually got the source for 2.2.2 on CD but I'm saving
it for a rainy day.

> *.a is the static image.

Yeah, that rings bells now, thanks.

> > One more thing, does anyone know what the functional
> differences between 5
> > and 6 are?
>
> RedHat or libc?

I meant libc, but I found some docs on it.

> Cheers,
>
> Alex.

Thanks Alex, I'll have another root around.

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