Re: libc6 dependency generation
> > Does libc6 have any desire to be "forward compatible" with programs
> > linked against a version later than the one currently installed?
> > Such would allow things like including a single package from a later
> > Debian distribution without the need to upgrade the base system.
>
> To the extent that they'd like to be bug free, sure. =) Aside from
> that, I don't think so. Ben's got more history with glibc than I do,
> so he might be able to provide more details.
Asking something to be forward compatible is like asking the authors to
know the future. That's fairly impossible to guess.
The only two ways for a new app to run on an old system is to
1) Upgrade the old system
2) Compile the app statically
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