glibc compatibility
Hi debian-user readers,
Something I've been wondering for a while, and now I really need to
know: how do glibc versions relate?
I'm running testing, which I believe is based on glibc2.2. Is this
backwards compatible with glibc2.1? If a program says it requires 2.1,
should I expect that it will work?
If not, is there anything I can do? I notice that there is a libc5
package, to support older apps built against libc 5. Does anything
similar exist for minor versions?
More generally, if I have multiple libc versions installed, how does the
system know which one it should be calling from any given app? (I
realize that this is probably a fairly big question; a pointer to a web
reference would be appreciated if its easier than answering.)
Thanks very much for your help.
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David Steinberg
steinber@interchange.ubc.ca
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