On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:11:36PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > >From: Matthias Schniedermeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> It _is_ wrong to assume that a random program compiled for OS revision A > >> will run correctly on OS revision B > > >Definetly NOT. > > >e.g. "grep". > > >grep only uses libc-interface. As long as the program <-> libc interface > >is stable it will have no problem with the libc <-> <whatever> site. > > >It is excatly THE job of libc to abstract away the "right" side. > >(Or the left when you assume hardware/kernel is leftmost) > > >Only "system dependend"(hardware, kernel interfaces, ..) software (e.g. > >cdrecord, star, ps, lspci, iptables) have this type of problem. > > Well of course libc too. This is something that people tend to forget. > > Who make sure that the libc that has been installed matched the current > kernel?
Take this "as given". Same as you can assume that the libc of Solaris 9 is compiled on Solaris 9 and is forward compatible to Solaris 8. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.
