Re: Please don't remove libc5 - old non-free software might need it!
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 10:17:34PM -0500, David Starner wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 09:09:05PM -0500, Bolan Meek wrote:
> > It seems to me, though, not inappropriate to apply it to arguments
> > against excluding libc5 from future releases but saying that
> > apps that need it won't be able to get it.
>
> I've already show that if I want to use David Parson's
> utilities (from the Mastadon distribution) I couldn't just
> install libc4 from Debian, I'd have to set a whole a.out
> development enviroment and compile my own libc4. What's going
> to prevent that from happening with libc5?
Okay, sorry. Someone pointed out where a binary of libc4 could
be found and that it actually works. (I though I searched there?)
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