On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:53:36AM +0100, scr wrote: > Not true. Think of a binary that was built assuming > "Set#1" of shared libraries. Now boot another Linux > distribution, which provides "Set#2" of these libs. > Usually the old binary will not work. You will have > to recompile your binary from source. Strictly speaking, you are correct, but most people don't keep compiled binaries in /home. (I keep mine in /usr/local. Of course, a shared /usr/local is another matter entirely. ;-) Yes, library versions are a problem and probably the main reason that two distros on one machine is inconvenient. -- Henry House OpenPGP key available from http://hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc
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