Re: [expert] Fwd: libc5 or libc6?

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Francois Desloges wrote:

> Do I need libc5 package installed on a machine built with Mandrake 6.0 from
> scratch?  

Usually no.
You can do rpm -e libc5 and see if it breaks any dependancies.

> Is there a list somewhere stating
> which applications still require libc5 or until which version
> each application need libc5?

Can't be, because you can compile almost any version of any application
against all libc 5.x, glibc 2.0.x and glibc 2.1.x.

LLaP
bero