On Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 01:35:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote:
>
> Package: base
> Version: N/A
> libXt.so.6 in /usr/lib/libc5-compat is linked with libc.so.6
Why?
[0] 1150 apocalypse /usr/lib/libc5-compat > dpkg -s xlib6
Package: xlib6
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: oldlibs
Installed-Size: 1751
Maintainer: Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
Source: xfree86
Version: 3.3.2-2
Replaces: elf-x11r6lib, xlib
Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.0-0), libc6
Conflicts: elf-x11r6lib, xlib
Description: Shared libraries required by X clients
This package provides shared libraries required by libc5-based X clients.
You need to install it if you intend to run old X clients locally.
You do not need to install it if you only intend to run an X
server locally, and run all your clients remotely.
[0] 1151 apocalypse /usr/lib/libc5-compat > ldd libXt.so.6
./libXt.so.6 => ./libXt.so.6 (0x4000a000)
libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x4004c000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libX11.so.6 (0x4010a000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libSM.so.6 (0x401a8000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc5-compat/libICE.so.6 (0x401b1000)
Is there something I'm not understanding about dynamic linking?
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