Re: [expert] Fwd: libc5 or libc6?

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Francois Desloges wrote:

> Wow! Thank You! Didn't knew that rpm switch.
> 
> By the way is the only reason why libc5 are needed is for supporting a.out?
> Isn't libc6 supporting a.out itself?

libc5 doesn't have anything to do with a.out.
The Mandrake libc5 package is as ELF as libc6.

It's about binary compatibility with old stuff.

LLaP
bero

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