Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --- Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Eugenio Diaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > I am currently using cooker from before 2.96 (yes
> > I am crazy, blah,
> > > blah; I have been living on the edge since before
> > RH created Rawhide,
> > > and have never lost a single bit, even though I
> > have had several nasty
> > > episodes; so don't worry).
> > >
> > > If move to the new cooker with 2.96, will I still
> > be able to run
> > > binaries like StarOfffice, Quake, etc.? I guess
> > not ...
> > >
> > > If not, is there a way to install the pre-2.96
> > libraries in a compat
> > > package, and run the binaries from a script the
> > preloads them?
> > >
> > > I think it used to be like this for Netscape,
> > didn't it?
> > >
> > > BTW, how is Netscape handled now, is source given
> > to RH and Mandrake for
> > > compilation with 2.96, or are is it done with a
> > compat package?
> >
> > There is binary incompatibility only with the C++
> > library.
>
> After posting my message, I looked up the cooker
> directory, and saw there is a libstdc++-compat-2.95
> package. Does this package provides compatibility for
> binaries compiled with 2.95?
Summary : GNU old c++ library
Description :
This is the GNU implementation of the standard C++ libraries This package
includes the old shared libraries necessary to run C++ applications.
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
