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. -- David Steinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
