Re: Status of the new glibc
On Mon, Jan 19, 1998 at 11:17:13AM -0500, Mark W. Eichin wrote:
> > It's not incompatible with glibc-2.0; it is with older pre-2.1
>
> Oh, I see, and 2.0.90 is really 2.1-- rather than 2.0++.
>
> > Note: I think all the programs will still work. They will
> > only display 2 warnings when executing them. If you want, that
>
> I guess I misinterpreted -- I thought you were saying the new libc
> made older programs things dump core? The warnings I can live with
> (as long as they go to stderr, and even then, a way to turn them off
> (temporary environment variable?) will probably make some autoconf-based
> tests happier.)
I'll upload it without displaying anything. I still think
that all the programs will work, but be careful: I may be wrong.
Anyway, binaries compiled with *this* library will probably
*not* work with previous releases (I'm adding a propper `shlibs'
file).
--
Juan Cespedes
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