On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Barry Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/details/#compatibility > > So, I'm thinking this is not the full story because I also found this, > > http://www.redhat.com/f/pdf/rhel/rhel5_whatsnew.pdf >
I think there was a parsing part on your part when reading that (no biggie.. it happens to everyone all the time). There is a HUGE difference between: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 includes compatibility libraries that enable applications built on the versions 3 and 4 to run without recompilation." and "EL5 claims to be fully compatible with binaries that were built on EL4 and 3." Fully compatible means that every library and binary would have a '-compat' from previous versions. What EL-5 has is a subset of commonly used compatibility libraries. To answer your second question, Red Hat enterprise does not ship the same version of perl in 3,4,5: RHEL-3: perl-5.8.0-98.EL3 RHEL-4: perl-5.8.5-36.el4_6.3 RHEL-5: perl-5.8.8-10.el5_2.3 That would explain part fo the differences between library sizes and versions. > and it also talks about compatibility ( under the GCC 4.1 Compiler section > ). > > "...enable applications that were previously certified on the versions 3 and > 4..." > > Maybe the keyword here is "certified" > > thanks, > > Barry > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Jos Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:53:34AM -0400, Barry Andrews wrote: >> >> > EL5 claims to be fully compatible with binaries that were built on EL4 >> > and >> > 3. >> >> Where is that claimed? I think this technically can't be true (at least >> not in the generic way you put it here), as libraries are upgraded etc. >> >> For applications only using glibc etc., for which there also exist >> compatibility libraries and such, it can be true. >> >> -- >> -- Jos Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> -- X/OS Experts in Open Systems BV | Phone: +31 20 6938364 >> -- Amsterdam, The Netherlands | Fax: +31 20 6948204 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhelv5-list mailing list >> rhelv5-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
