On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 12:34:18AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > The _current_ glibc doesn't know about this, so you will break existing > systems. Unless you can grasp that elementary detail you aren't going to > have a userbase. Current glibc won't stay current forever. If Documentation/Changes says you need never binutils for a new development kernel or a new stable series you update it, there is no reason not to do so for glibc.